diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 98c6b34..7b83d7c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ include IPython/frontend/qt/console/resources/icon/IPythonConsole.svg
 # Documentation
 graft docs
 exclude docs/\#*
-exclude docs/man/*.1
+exclude docs/man/*.1.gz
 
 # docs subdirs we want to skip
 prune docs/attic