diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 57f3f6c967..599dee9446 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ bin
 .gitkeep
 /helloworld-jsp
 README.html
+SERVICES.html
+CHANGES.html
 CONTRIBUTING.html
 RELEASE_PROCEDURE.html
 .errai
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7798d3742c..058d4c78ca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -718,6 +718,7 @@
                         </executions>
                         <configuration>
                             <inputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/docs</inputDirectory>
+                            <outputDirectory>${project.basedir}</outputDirectory>
                             <defaultTitle>${project.name}</defaultTitle>
                             <inputEncoding>UTF-8</inputEncoding>
                             <headerHtmlFile>${root.dir}/dist/header.html</headerHtmlFile>