diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c4dfccc2bdd0bae58ef24d1185636c83890fbeae..ec33505e1596b57f1cd43e3d5691b34117219537 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 /web/themes/contrib/
 /web/profiles/contrib/
 /web/libraries/
-/config/
+/config/sync/.htaccess
 
 # Ignore sensitive information
 /web/sites/*/settings.php
diff --git a/config/sync/README.txt b/config/sync/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..37874bd6dfb375a71fc9397743ff8ca904ea86d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/sync/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This directory contains configuration to be imported into your Drupal site. To make this configuration active, visit admin/config/development/configuration/sync. For information about deploying configuration between servers, see https://www.drupal.org/documentation/administer/config
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