diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index acb0269d9..6ddfbad9b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ doc/*.man
 doc/*.mdoc
 doc/fixman.sed
 
+examples/sudo.conf
+
 init.d/*.sh
 init.d/sudo.conf
 
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index 1e072dd32..d7440e94f 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Makefile$
 ^doc/.*\.mdoc$
 ^doc/fixman\.sed$
 
+^examples/sudo\.conf$
+
 ^init.d/.*.sh$
 ^init.d/sudo.conf$