diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b70b0e7f3..9419fcf39 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 [D|U]l[A-Z][a-z]*Stats.txt
 
 \#*#
-~*
+*~
 
 testpy-output