diff --git a/packages/proto-signing/.gitignore b/packages/proto-signing/.gitignore
index e3cc4341..5d19789f 100644
--- a/packages/proto-signing/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/proto-signing/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 build/
 dist/
 docs/
+
+# protobuf code generation
 proto/
 tmp/
diff --git a/packages/stargate/.gitignore b/packages/stargate/.gitignore
index 68bf3735..5d19789f 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/stargate/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 build/
 dist/
 docs/
+
+# protobuf code generation
+proto/
+tmp/