diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index e28a5b39b..c9689567c 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ AllCops:
   Exclude:
     - 'Guardfile'
     # stuff generated by AR and rails
+    - 'config/deploy-example.rb'
     - 'db/schema.rb'
     - 'db/schema-read-only.rb'
     - 'db/whois_schema.rb'