diff --git a/build_library/check_root b/build_library/check_root
index 5059d52451..a6af980ccb 100755
--- a/build_library/check_root
+++ b/build_library/check_root
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ IGNORE_SHEBANG = (
     b"*/usr/lib64/modules/*/source/scripts/*",
     b"*/usr/share/nova-agent/*/etc/gentoo/nova-agent",
     b"*/tmp/*",
+    b"*/Documentation/*",
+    b"*/doc/*",
 )
 
 def provided_sonames():