diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3e6e18ca72..f0442e28e7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 *.so.*
 *.swp
 *.ver
-*-example
 *-test
 *_g
 \#*
diff --git a/doc/build_system.txt b/doc/build_system.txt
index a9bd4eb6b1..8c12e0e294 100644
--- a/doc/build_system.txt
+++ b/doc/build_system.txt
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ examples
 libavformat/output-example
     Build the libavformat basic example.
 
-libavcodec/api-example
-    Build the libavcodec basic example.
-
 libswscale/swscale-test
     Build the swscale self-test (useful also as an example).