diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ffe3bc193b49eb3b3318cbbc7f1c3d86dc205c14..d39d93f705031a539258e51597475f65555b063b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ addons:
 before_install:
   - |
     if [ ${JOB} == "BUILD_AND_TEST" ]; then
-      if ! git diff --name-only $TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE | grep -qvE '(\.md$)'
+      if ! git diff --name-only $TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE | grep -qvE '(\.md$)|(\.rst$)'
       then
         echo "Only markdown docs were updated, stopping build process."
         exit