diff --git a/.ci/run-pr b/.ci/run-pr
index b5e76b00b..0e4660834 100755
--- a/.ci/run-pr
+++ b/.ci/run-pr
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ set -eu
 changed_docs() {
     local commit_ish="$1"
 
-    git diff-tree -r --name-only --diff-filter=ACMR "$commit_ish" -- '*.md' | xargs
+    git diff-tree -r --name-only --diff-filter=ACMR "$commit_ish" -- ':!.ci/' ':!.github/' '*.md' | xargs
 }
 
 # determine commit range
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ if [ -n "$failed_mds" ]; then
 
 elif [ -z "$successful_mds" ]; then
 	print -s1 -c3 'No docs found to be built.'
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi