diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 49d5894db..d8197e3f8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "docs": "npx rimraf docs/api && jsdoc -c jsdoc.json -d docs/api",
     "format": "npx bsfmt --write",
     "lint": "bslint",
-    "lint-json": "jshint --extra-ext .json --verbose --exclude node_modules,scripts ./",
+    "lint-json": "jshint --extra-ext .json --verbose --exclude node_modules,scripts,docs ./",
     "lint-markdown": "markdownlint-cli2 \"**/*.md\" \"#node_modules\"",
     "lint-spelling": "spellchecker -d dictionary.txt --files \"**/*.md\" \"**/.*/**/*.md\" \"!node_modules/**/*.md\"",
     "postinstall": "npm run ropm",