diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d6eb39d..570ba50 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ configure
 config.h*
 *-test
 *.la
-.gitignore
 config.log
 build-tools
 config.status
@@ -43,3 +42,5 @@ tags
 *.path
 docs/*.8
 docs/*.1
+ABOUT-NLS
+m4
diff --git a/po/.gitignore b/po/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40cc3b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Makefile.in.in
+Makevars.template
+POTFILES
+Rules-quot
+*.gmo
+*.header
+*.sin
+*.sed