diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 2a1e33a..5d61f82 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
 ^LICENSE\.md$
 ^data-raw$
+^notebooks$
diff --git a/local/README.md b/local/README.md
index 421e102..b9f6180 100644
--- a/local/README.md
+++ b/local/README.md
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-This folder is for any file that you don't want to leave your computer.  The entire folder (except for this file) is on the gitignore list.
+This folder is for any file that you don't want to leave your computer.
+The entire folder (except for this file) is on the `.gitignore` list.