diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index 710e137dfc..30efe01e4a 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# use glob syntax.
 syntax: glob
+.hgignore
 *.pyc
-*~
\ No newline at end of file