diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index e56b84df..f622fd5f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ jobs:
 
             if git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- ; then
               echo "Not committing documentation because there are no changes"
+            elif [[ "${CIRCLE_BRANCH}" == "master" ]]; then
+              echo "Not committing documentation because we are on master and doc changes should be part of pull request branches"
             else
               git config credential.helper 'cache --timeout=120'
               git config user.email "<email>"