diff --git a/web3.js/.eslintignore b/web3.js/.eslintignore
index e69de29bb2..e17bf5e6ed 100644
--- a/web3.js/.eslintignore
+++ b/web3.js/.eslintignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/doc
+/flow-typed
+/lib
diff --git a/web3.js/package.json b/web3.js/package.json
index a52630ed94..e511e8ab8f 100644
--- a/web3.js/package.json
+++ b/web3.js/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "codecov": "npm run test:cover && cat ./coverage/lcov.info | codecov",
     "flow": "flow-typed install jest@22 && flow",
     "flow:watch": "watch 'flow' . --wait=1 --ignoreDirectoryPattern=/doc/",
-    "lint": "eslint src test examples",
+    "lint": "eslint .",
     "lint:fix": "npm run lint --fix",
     "lint:watch": "watch 'npm run lint:fix' . --wait=1 --ignoreDirectoryPattern=/doc/",
     "prepublish": "npm run clean && npm run test && npm run flow && npm run lint && npm run doc && npm run build"