diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 762397ffdd..7f3c2549b1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ b-cov
 !core/test/utils/fixtures/**/*.csv
 
 pids
-logs
 results
 
 npm-debug.log
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ Session.vim
 /core/server/data/export/exported*
 /content/tmp/*
 /content/data/*
+/content/logs/*
 /content/apps/**/*
 /content/themes/**/*
 /content/images/**/*
diff --git a/content/logs/README.md b/content/logs/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49381f58e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/logs/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Content / Logs
+
+This is the default log file location when Ghost runs in Production.