diff --git a/.sidebarignore b/.sidebarignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6ae3554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sidebarignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+policies/validate-json-schema-inbound
+policies/api-key-auth-inbound
+sample-apis
+conferences/conference-prize-terms
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/find-unlinked-docs.mjs b/scripts/find-unlinked-docs.mjs
index 4ed1b4d3..6a9d9857 100644
--- a/scripts/find-unlinked-docs.mjs
+++ b/scripts/find-unlinked-docs.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import fs from "fs";
 import { glob } from "glob";
 
+const ignoredDocs = await fs.promises
+  .readFile(".sidebarignore", "utf8")
+  .then((content) => content.split("\n"));
+
 const sidebar = await fs.promises
   .readFile("./sidebar.json", "utf8")
   .then(JSON.parse);
@@ -20,6 +24,8 @@ function listDocs(items) {
       allDocs.push(item);
     } else if ("items" in item && typeof item.items === "object") {
       listDocs(item.items);
+    } else if ("type" in item && item.type === "doc") {
+      allDocs.push(item.id);
     }
     if (typeof item === "object" && "link" in item) {
       if (typeof item.link === "string") {
@@ -37,11 +43,20 @@ function listDocs(items) {
 
 listDocs(sidebar);
 
-const uniqueDocs = [...new Set(docs), ...new Set(policies)];
+const uniqueDocs = [...new Set(docs), ...new Set(policies)].filter(
+  (doc) => !ignoredDocs.includes(doc),
+);
 
 const unlinkedDocs = uniqueDocs.filter((doc) => !allDocs.includes(doc));
 
-console.log(unlinkedDocs);
-console.log(
-  `Total Docs: ${uniqueDocs.length}, Unlinked Docs: ${unlinkedDocs.length}`,
+console.group();
+console.log("The following docs are not linked to in the sidebar:");
+console.group();
+for (const doc of unlinkedDocs) {
+  console.log(doc);
+}
+console.groupEnd();
+
+console.warn(
+  `There are ${unlinkedDocs.length} that are not linked to in the sidebar.`,
 );