diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 98df0f5..4ca3363 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /coverage/
-/doc/
+/html/
 /pkg/
 /tmp/
 /logs/
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 94531c7..6c82e20 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require "bundler/gem_tasks"
 require "rake/testtask"
+require "rdoc/task"
 
 name = "io/console"
 
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |t|
   t.test_files = FileList["test/**/test_*.rb"]
 end
 
+RDoc::Task.new
+
 task :default => :test
 
 task "build" => "build:java"