diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index dd589b5d93..21543a50ab 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@
 # Do not modify the model data in various directories
 examples/data/** binary
 .docs/groundwater_paper/uspb/** binary
+
+# Exclude example data folder
+examples/data/** linguist-documentation