diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index cc9fc424d..39a2aa193 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 syntax: regexp
 ^sys/src/.*\.[ao]?[12578vqki]?$
 ^sys/src/(.*/)?[12578vqki]\..*$
+^sys/lib/(pkg/|lp/log/|man/lookman/index)
 ^sys/lib/python/.*\.(pyo|pyc|exe)$
+^sys/log/
+^sys/man/(searchindex|[1-8]/INDEX.*)$
 ^(dev|fd|net|srv|env|root|boot|mnt|n|bin|tmp)/
 ^(386|68000|68020|alpha|amd64|arm|power|power64|sparc|sparc64)/(bin|lib)/
 ^386/(9(pc|boot).*|pbs|mbr|init)
 ^acme/bin/(386|68000|68020|alpha|amd64|arm|power|power64|sparc|sparc64)/
 ^usr/
-^sys/lib/pkg