diff --git a/doc/qtdesignstudio/config/qtdesignstudio.qdocconf b/doc/qtdesignstudio/config/qtdesignstudio.qdocconf
index 95d1475cf15..baca9a8654e 100644
--- a/doc/qtdesignstudio/config/qtdesignstudio.qdocconf
+++ b/doc/qtdesignstudio/config/qtdesignstudio.qdocconf
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ excludedirs  += ../../qtcreator/examples/accelbubble \
                 ../../qtcreator/src/python \
                 ../../qtcreator/src/qnx \
                 ../../qtcreator/src/qtquick/creator-only \
+                ../../qtcreator/src/reference \
                 ../../qtcreator/src/user-interface/creator-only \
                 ../../qtcreator/src/vcs/creator-only \
                 ../../qtcreator/src/widgets \