diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki.mdwn
index 9f8693ec4..485ac8826 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki.mdwn
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]
 This wiki is powered by [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info/).
 [[!if test="enabled(version)"
      then="(Currently running version [[!version ]].)"
diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/blog.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/blog.mdwn
index 6a206bb62..f1293ece8 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/blog.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/blog.mdwn
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]
 [[!if test="enabled(inline)"
      then="This wiki has the inline plugin **enabled**."
      else="This wiki has the inline plugin **disabled**."]]
diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/formatting.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/formatting.mdwn
index dc1fa77fd..29dbce181 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/formatting.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/formatting.mdwn
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [[!meta title="Formatting wiki pages"]]
+[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]
 
 Text on this wiki is, by default, written in a form very close to how you
 might write text for an email message. This style of text formatting is
diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/markdown.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/markdown.mdwn
index 73aee9c16..7c3b71f70 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/markdown.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/markdown.mdwn
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]
 [Markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/)
 is a minimal markup language that resembles plain text as used in
 email messages. It is the markup language used by this wiki by default.
diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/openid.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/openid.mdwn
index 01a4b32b7..8fd708659 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/openid.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/openid.mdwn
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [[!meta title="OpenID"]]
+[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]
 
 [[!if test="enabled(openid)"
      then="This wiki has OpenID **enabled**."
diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn
index 3cd6bb9f4..156e3f6ca 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]
 To select a set of pages, such as pages that are locked, pages
 whose commit emails you want subscribe to, or pages to combine into a
 blog, the wiki uses a PageSpec. This is an expression that matches
diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/preprocessordirective.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/preprocessordirective.mdwn
index 2cb602ebe..743c0d9f5 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/preprocessordirective.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/preprocessordirective.mdwn
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]
 Preprocessor directives are similar to a [[WikiLink]] in form, except they
 begin with `!` and may contain parameters. The general form is:
 
diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/subpage.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/subpage.mdwn
index 43669209c..e047b860c 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/subpage.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/subpage.mdwn
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]
 ikiwiki supports placing pages in a directory hierarchy. For example,
 this page, [[SubPage]] has some related pages placed under it, like
 [[SubPage/LinkingRules]]. This is a useful way to add some order to your
diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/subpage/linkingrules.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/subpage/linkingrules.mdwn
index c1062304a..e547f3090 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/subpage/linkingrules.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/subpage/linkingrules.mdwn
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]
 To link to or from a [[SubPage]], you can normally use a regular
 [[WikiLink]] that does not contain the name of the parent directory of
 the [[SubPage]]. Ikiwiki descends the directory hierarchy looking for a
diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink.mdwn
index debbe7305..bd5e3d185 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink.mdwn
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]
 WikiLinks provide easy linking between pages of the wiki. To create a
 [[WikiLink]], just put the name of the page to link to in double brackets.
 For example `\[[WikiLink]]`.
@@ -32,4 +33,4 @@ in WikiLinks, and must replace spaces with underscores.  The newer
 syntax, enabled with the `prefix_directives` option in an ikiwiki
 setup file, prefixes directives with `!`, and thus does not prevent
 links with spaces.  Future versions of ikiwiki will turn this option
-on by default.
\ No newline at end of file
+on by default.
diff --git a/doc/templates.mdwn b/doc/templates.mdwn
index 205cb5b04..58d5d1146 100644
--- a/doc/templates.mdwn
+++ b/doc/templates.mdwn
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]
 [[!if test="enabled(template)"
 then="This wiki has templates **enabled**."
 else="This wiki has templates **disabled**."