diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a602abea..23987304 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ local.cfg
 /venv/
 .installed.txt
 
+## Added by .meta.toml
+# ignore docs build
+/_build
 
 ##
 # Add extra configuration options in .meta.toml:
diff --git a/.meta.toml b/.meta.toml
index d33e21f1..05c15b12 100644
--- a/.meta.toml
+++ b/.meta.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # See the inline comments on how to expand/tweak this configuration file
 [meta]
 template = "default"
-commit-id = "2.2.2"
+commit-id = "2.3.1"
 
 [pre_commit]
 codespell_extra_lines = """
@@ -120,3 +120,10 @@ commands =
     mkdir -p {toxinidir}/_build/plone6docs
     sphinx-autobuild -b html -d _build/plone6docs/doctrees docs _build/plone6docs/html
 """
+
+[gitignore]
+extra_lines = """
+## Added by .meta.toml
+# ignore docs build
+/_build
+"""
diff --git a/news/598.internal b/news/598.internal
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a0be666
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/598.internal
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Ignore the `/_build` directory from building documentation. @stevepiercy