diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 07076337..744a8352 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
 ^scrape-docs/
 ^vignettes/
 ^.*\.sass_cache_keys
+^cran-comments\.md$
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
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index 00000000..858617db
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+## R CMD check results
+
+0 errors | 0 warnings | 1 note
+
+* This is a new release.