diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index 93c632d2..b442451a 100644
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -150,12 +150,12 @@ Basic settings
 
       READERS = {'foo': FooReader}
 
-.. data:: IGNORE_FILES = ['.#*']
+.. data:: IGNORE_FILES = ['.*']
 
-   A list of glob patterns.  Files and directories matching any of these
-   patterns will be ignored by the processor. For example, the default
-   ``['.#*']`` will ignore emacs lock files, and ``['__pycache__']`` would
-   ignore Python 3's bytecode caches.
+   A list of glob patterns. Files and directories matching any of these patterns
+   will be ignored by the processor. For example, the default ``['.*']`` will
+   ignore "hidden" files and directories, and ``['__pycache__']`` would ignore
+   Python 3's bytecode caches.
 
 .. data:: MARKDOWN = {...}
 
diff --git a/pelican/settings.py b/pelican/settings.py
index 66d6beeb..1c6b5c76 100644
--- a/pelican/settings.py
+++ b/pelican/settings.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     "PYGMENTS_RST_OPTIONS": {},
     "TEMPLATE_PAGES": {},
     "TEMPLATE_EXTENSIONS": [".html"],
-    "IGNORE_FILES": [".#*"],
+    "IGNORE_FILES": [".*"],
     "SLUG_REGEX_SUBSTITUTIONS": [
         (r"[^\w\s-]", ""),  # remove non-alphabetical/whitespace/'-' chars
         (r"(?u)\A\s*", ""),  # strip leading whitespace