diff --git a/doc/reference/cmdline.rst b/doc/reference/cmdline.rst
index 9e90d9616d6..a1a922c1a06 100644
--- a/doc/reference/cmdline.rst
+++ b/doc/reference/cmdline.rst
@@ -679,6 +679,7 @@ Some files are excluded from the count by default:
 - The manifest (:file:`__manifest__.py` or :file:`__openerp__.py`)
 - The contents of the folder :file:`static/lib`
 - The tests defined in the folder :file:`tests` and :file:`static/tests`
+- The migrations scripts defined in the folder :file:`migrations`
 - The XML files declared in the ``demo`` or ``demo_xml`` sections of the manifest
 
 For special cases, a list of files that should be ignored by Odoo Cloc can be defined