diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 8e3eaf78ed..db6b33151f 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+* text=auto eol=lf
+*.bat eol=crlf
+
 *.v linguist-language=V text=auto eol=lf
 *.vv linguist-language=V text=auto eol=lf
 *.vsh linguist-language=V text=auto eol=lf
 **/v.mod linguist-language=V text=auto eol=lf
-*.bat text=auto eol=crlf
- Dockerfile.* linguist-language=Dockerfile
-*.toml text eol=lf
+.vdocignore linguist-language=ignore
+
+Dockerfile.* linguist-language=Dockerfile
diff --git a/cmd/tools/vcreate/vcreate.v b/cmd/tools/vcreate/vcreate.v
index 5dfc2260ef..ef0396d255 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vcreate/vcreate.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vcreate/vcreate.v
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ fn (c &Create) write_gitattributes() {
 **/*.vv linguist-language=V
 **/*.vsh linguist-language=V
 **/v.mod linguist-language=V
+.vdocignore linguist-language=ignore
 '
 	os.write_file(path, content) or { panic(err) }
 }
diff --git a/cmd/tools/vcreate/vcreate_init_test.v b/cmd/tools/vcreate/vcreate_init_test.v
index 7e8a96eb17..be5dc8804f 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vcreate/vcreate_init_test.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vcreate/vcreate_init_test.v
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ fn init_and_check() ! {
 		'**/*.vv linguist-language=V',
 		'**/*.vsh linguist-language=V',
 		'**/v.mod linguist-language=V',
+		'.vdocignore linguist-language=ignore',
 		'',
 	].join_lines()