diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index af36ea38..7b2e12af 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@ target/
 # MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
 *.pdb
 
-# IntelliJ project files
+# IDE project files (for developers)
+## IntelliJ
 .idea
 *.iml
 
+## VSCode
+.vscode
+
 # mdbook HTML output dir
 book/book/