diff --git a/doc/Doxyfile.in b/doc/Doxyfile.in
index a4a28480a09baf4ef0ef58a1bff3a537326e5f16..bef8ce13fadeb0f61cc08f17eb1330942d98453d 100644
--- a/doc/Doxyfile.in
+++ b/doc/Doxyfile.in
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ EXCLUDE_SYMLINKS       = NO
 # Note that the wildcards are matched against the file with absolute path, so to
 # exclude all test directories for example use the pattern */test/*
 
-EXCLUDE_PATTERNS       =
+EXCLUDE_PATTERNS       = *.md
 
 # The EXCLUDE_SYMBOLS tag can be used to specify one or more symbol names
 # (namespaces, classes, functions, etc.) that should be excluded from the