diff --git a/docs/gulpfile.js b/docs/gulpfile.js
index c41af376504ec..39d7dc056961a 100644
--- a/docs/gulpfile.js
+++ b/docs/gulpfile.js
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ const tasks = Array.from(sourcesMap).flatMap(([type, definition]) => {
       }
     })
 
-    return gulp.src(source)
+    return gulp.src(source, { ignore: ['**/target/**'] })
       .pipe(filterFn)
       .pipe(
         map((file, done) => {
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ const tasks = Array.from(sourcesMap).flatMap(([type, definition]) => {
       return done()
     }
 
-    return gulp.src(source) // asciidoc files
+    return gulp.src(source, { ignore: ['**/target/**'] }) // asciidoc files
       .pipe(through2.obj(extractExamples)) // extracted example files
       // symlink links from a fixed directory, i.e. we could link to
       // the example files from `destination`, that would not work for