diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
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@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ language = None
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
 # This patterns also effect to html_static_path and html_extra_path
-exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store', 'architecture', 'specification/new-spec', 'examples']
+exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store', 'architecture', 'spec', 'examples']
 
 # The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
 pygments_style = 'sphinx'
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