diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4174475..f7b169e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 *.fls
 *.log
 *.out
-
-# template.tex output
-# move to *.pdf once manual is done
-template.pdf
+*.pdf
+*.kate-swp
 
 # release tarballs
 moderncv-*.tar.gz
+
+examples/
diff --git a/manual/moderncv_userguide.pdf b/manual/moderncv_userguide.pdf
deleted file mode 100644
index 2169a15..0000000
Binary files a/manual/moderncv_userguide.pdf and /dev/null differ