diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 3c125a00..4e046531 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-*/**.yaml diff=sops
+# see https://github.com/getsops/sops/blob/main/README.rst#47showing-diffs-in-cleartext-in-git how to use this
+*.yaml diff=sops