diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index bbf8135ec..5a93a58cd 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 # exclude from git export
 /tests export-ignore
+/demo export-ignore
+/docs export-ignore
 /utilities export-ignore
 /.github export-ignore
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 93c5cbb72..90711def8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- Exclude docs and demo from export and composer [#751](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/pull/751)
+
 ### Fixed
 - PHP 8.1 deprecation notices in demo/plugins/cacheresource.pdo.php [#706](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/706)
 - PHP 8.1 deprecation notices in truncate modifier [#699](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/699)