diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 2dde838..4b96940 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
 ^localTests
 .*\.tar\.gz$
-^figures
+^docs
diff --git a/figures/iqss_minimal.gif b/docs/iqss_minimal.gif
similarity index 100%
rename from figures/iqss_minimal.gif
rename to docs/iqss_minimal.gif
diff --git a/figures/iqss_minimal.pdf b/docs/iqss_minimal.pdf
similarity index 100%
rename from figures/iqss_minimal.pdf
rename to docs/iqss_minimal.pdf
diff --git a/figures/metropolis_minimal.gif b/docs/metropolis_minimal.gif
similarity index 100%
rename from figures/metropolis_minimal.gif
rename to docs/metropolis_minimal.gif
diff --git a/figures/metropolis_minimal.pdf b/docs/metropolis_minimal.pdf
similarity index 100%
rename from figures/metropolis_minimal.pdf
rename to docs/metropolis_minimal.pdf