diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 67952a9..1baac08 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,6 +19,3 @@ desktop.ini
 /_build/phpdoc
 /_build/phpdoc.cache
 /_build/deploy-*.git
-
-# User content
-/content
diff --git a/content/.gitignore b/content/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24560b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# This directory is meant to be empty
+*