diff --git a/bors.toml b/bors.toml
index 06097727..da626e82 100644
--- a/bors.toml
+++ b/bors.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 status = [
+  "docs",
   "FreeBSD PYTHON:3.6",
   "FreeBSD PYTHON:3.7",
   "lint",