diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index 26007971fdcd245e88863ca3cc1d7284f024e286..fc49f9905deaa61b1dddb75b3b411f6dd9e5e56d 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ REDIRECTIONS = []
 # in a `nikola deploy` command as you like.
 DEPLOY_COMMANDS = {
     'default': [
-        "rsync -rav -e 'ssh -i deploy_key' --delete --filter 'P /doc' output/* kwant@kwant-project.org:",
+        "rsync -rav -e 'ssh -i deploy_key' --delete --filter 'P doc/*' output/* kwant@kwant-project.org:",
         "rsync -av -e 'ssh -i deploy_key' htaccess-apache kwant@kwant-project.org:/.htaccess",
     ]
 }