diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3c93ac7152b..3e93afa1040 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@
               <!-- auto-gen docs -->
               <!--It don't like freebsd license-->
               <exclude>**/src/main/site/resources/css/freebsd_docbook.css</exclude>
+              <exclude>dev-support/hbase_docker/README.md</exclude>
               <!--  exclude source control files -->
               <exclude>.git/**</exclude>
               <exclude>.svn/**</exclude>