diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/r/Rbuildignore.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/r/Rbuildignore.mustache
index 10cdec0cd66..512c98c1339 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/r/Rbuildignore.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/r/Rbuildignore.mustache
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 ^\.openapi-generator$
 ^docs$
 ^git_push\.sh$
-^README\.md$
\ No newline at end of file
+^README\.md$
+^cran-comments\.md$
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/R/.Rbuildignore b/samples/client/petstore/R/.Rbuildignore
index 10cdec0cd66..512c98c1339 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/R/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/R/.Rbuildignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 ^\.openapi-generator$
 ^docs$
 ^git_push\.sh$
-^README\.md$
\ No newline at end of file
+^README\.md$
+^cran-comments\.md$
\ No newline at end of file