diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d3fac153..98e94a1d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ Bugfix release, released May 28th
 
 - fixed a error reporting bug with :meth:`flask.Config.from_envvar`
 - removed some unused code from flask
+- release does no longer include development leftover files (.git
+  folder for themes, built documentation in zip and pdf file and
+  some .pyc files)
 
 Version 0.3
 -----------
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index aee76e91..709e1791 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 include Makefile CHANGES LICENSE AUTHORS
 recursive-include tests *
+recursive-include examples *
 recursive-include docs *
-prune docs/_build/doctrees
+recursive-exclude docs *.pyc
+recursive-exclude docs *.pyo
+recursive-exclude examples *.pyc
+recursive-exclude examples *.pyo
+prune docs/_build
+prune docs/_themes/.git