diff --git a/scripts/documentation-file-ref-check b/scripts/documentation-file-ref-check
index c71832b2312b..7187ea5e5149 100755
--- a/scripts/documentation-file-ref-check
+++ b/scripts/documentation-file-ref-check
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ my $help = 0;
 my $fix = 0;
 my $warn = 0;
 
-if (! -d ".git") {
+if (! -e ".git") {
 	printf "Warning: can't check if file exists, as this is not a git tree\n";
 	exit 0;
 }