diff --git a/scripts/documentation-file-ref-check b/scripts/documentation-file-ref-check
index 7187ea5e5149..6865d8e63d5c 100755
--- a/scripts/documentation-file-ref-check
+++ b/scripts/documentation-file-ref-check
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ while (<IN>) {
 	# Makefiles and scripts contain nasty expressions to parse docs
 	next if ($f =~ m/Makefile/ || $f =~ m/\.sh$/);
 
+	# It doesn't make sense to parse hidden files
+	next if ($f =~ m#/\.#);
+
 	# Skip this script
 	next if ($f eq $scriptname);