diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index d171a756..fb657b9b 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ include README
 include tox.ini
 include setup.py
 recursive-include docs *
+recursive-exclude docs/examples *
 
 prune docs/_build
 prune test_elasticsearch