diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index fc7e059d8..e81492a8a 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 =* *errs *.tar.gz *.patch *-patch
 
-COPYING COPYING.LIB INSTALL NEWS README TAGS TODO
+COPYING COPYING.LIB INSTALL NEWS README TAGS TODO 
+RELEASE-NOTES
 
 Makefile configure
 config.cache config.guess config.log config.status