diff --git a/docs/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/pull_request_template.md
rename to .github/pull_request_template.md
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index d36b32c1..cd9266ce 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
-exclude_patterns = ["_build", "pull_request_template.md"]
+exclude_patterns = ["_build"]
 
 # The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all
 # documents.