diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 26cb2fd5..38d0e6f9 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 !.editorconfig
 !.gitignore
 !.npmignore
-!docs
 !lib
 lib/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
 !LICENSE
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 4427899f..3a075f2d 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import {execSync} from 'child_process';
 import * as commander from 'commander';
 import {copyFileSync, existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync} from 'fs';
-import {resolve, sep} from 'path';
+import {join, resolve, sep} from 'path';
 import {cwd} from 'process';
 import {isDeepStrictEqual} from 'util';
 import {parse, stringify} from 'yaml';
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ function consoleLog(...args: string[]): void {
 
 const currentWorkingDirectory = cwd();
 
+let suggestOverwrite = false;
+
 // configure commander
 commander
   .version(JSON.parse(readFileSync(resolve(__dirname, '..', 'package.json')).toString()).version)
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ NEEDED_FILES.forEach((file) => {
   // remove templates directory for destination files
   if (destinationFile.indexOf('templates') === 0) {
     destinationFile = destinationFile.split(sep).slice(1).join(sep);
-    file = `templates/template-${destinationFile}`;
+    file = join('templates', `template-${destinationFile}`);
   }
 
   const source = resolve(__dirname, '..', file);
@@ -130,6 +132,37 @@ NEEDED_FILES.forEach((file) => {
   if (!existsSync(destination) || commander.replace) {
     copyFileSync(source, destination);
     consoleInfo(`Copied file "${source}" to "${destination}".`);
+  } else if (destinationFile === '.npmignore') {
+    const npmIgnore = readFileSync(destination).toString();
+
+    const ignoredPatterns = npmIgnore.split('\n');
+
+    let ignoresEverything = false;
+    let unignoresDocs = false;
+
+    for (const ignoredPattern of ignoredPatterns) {
+      if (ignoredPattern === '/*') {
+        ignoresEverything = true;
+      }
+
+      if (ignoredPattern === '!docs') {
+        unignoresDocs = true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!ignoresEverything) {
+      consoleWarn(`'.npmignore' should have '/*' as first pattern to ignore everything.`);
+
+      suggestOverwrite = true;
+    }
+
+    if (unignoresDocs) {
+      consoleWarn(`'.npmignore' contains '!docs' and thus the package will contain the documentation.
+Please double check that this is desired behavior since the docs can become huge:
+https://gitlab.com/openstapps/configuration/issues/11`);
+
+      suggestOverwrite = true;
+    }
   }
 });
 
@@ -141,9 +174,11 @@ if (typeof packageJson.devDependencies === 'object' && Object.keys(packageJson.d
 
     packageJsonChanged = true;
 
-    consoleInfo(`Added NYC configuration in "${packageJsonPath}".`);
+    consoleLog(`Added NYC configuration in "${packageJsonPath}".`);
   } else if (!isDeepStrictEqual(packageJson.nyc, NYC_CONFIGURATION)) {
-    consoleLog(`NYC configuration differs from the proposed one. Please check manually...`);
+    consoleInfo(`NYC configuration in '${packageJsonPath}' differs from the proposed one. Please check manually...`);
+
+    suggestOverwrite = true;
   }
 }
 
@@ -163,9 +198,9 @@ Object.keys(SCRIPTS).forEach((scriptName) => {
 
     packageJsonChanged = true;
 
-    consoleInfo(`Added "${scriptName}" script to "${packageJsonPath}".`);
+    consoleInfo(`Added '${scriptName}' script to '${packageJsonPath}'.`);
   } else if (typeof scriptToCheck === 'string' && scriptToCheck !== SCRIPTS[scriptName]) {
-    consoleWarn(`NPM script "${scriptName}" should be "${SCRIPTS[scriptName].replace('\n', '\\n')}".`);
+    consoleWarn(`NPM script '${scriptName}' should be "${SCRIPTS[scriptName].replace('\n', '\\n')}".`);
   }
 });
 
@@ -186,7 +221,7 @@ for (let author of execBuffer.toString().split('\n')) {
     }));
 
   if (!authorIsAttributed) {
-    consoleInfo(`'${author}' should be attributed as author or contributor.`);
+    consoleWarn(`'${author}' should be attributed as author or contributor.`);
   }
 }
 
@@ -225,4 +260,9 @@ if (packageJsonChanged) {
   consoleLog(`Changes were written to "${packageJsonPath}".`);
 }
 
-consoleLog('Done.');
+if (suggestOverwrite) {
+  consoleInfo(`You should consider to overwrite your configuration files and check for intended derivations:
+npm run check-configuration -- -r`);
+}
+
+consoleLog(`Done checking the configuration in '${path}'.`);
diff --git a/templates/template-.npmignore b/templates/template-.npmignore
index 44ed059b..87e0b4cf 100644
--- a/templates/template-.npmignore
+++ b/templates/template-.npmignore
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # See https://stackoverflow.com/a/29932318
 /*
 # Except these files/folders
-!docs
 !lib
 lib/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
 !LICENSE