diff --git a/CMake.gitignore b/CMake.gitignore
index 4a9d4283..1f99f9d2 100644
--- a/CMake.gitignore
+++ b/CMake.gitignore
@@ -12,4 +12,8 @@ _deps
 CMakeUserPresets.json
 
 # CLion
-cmake-build-*
+#  JetBrains specific template is maintained in a separate JetBrains.gitignore that can
+#  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
+#  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
+#  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
+#cmake-build-*