diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 248591c..5dda391 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ logs/*
 # Documentation folder
 docs/
 
-# .md files
+# .md files (project-level Markdown is brol-y; allow-list the ones we track)
 *.md
+!CHANGELOG.md
 
 #