diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 46f9ae5933..e3d58ca8f2 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
                                        '../examples/tutorials/widgets',
                                        ]),
     'within_subsection_order': FileNameSortKey,
-    'ignore_pattern': '/generate_',
+    'ignore_pattern': '/generate_*',
     'nested_sections': False,
     'copyfile_regex': r'.*\.rst|.*\.png|.*\.svg'
 }