diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.npmignore b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.npmignore
index 60e48f52cdd0f..04bd4687b89d0 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.npmignore
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/.npmignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ coverage
 build-tools
 dist
 !custom-resource-handlers/dist/
+!core/lib/dist/
 scripts
 .LAST_BUILD
 .LAST_PACKAGE
@@ -30,9 +31,11 @@ tsconfig.json
 # exclude cdk artifacts
 **/cdk.out
 junit.xml
-
 !*.lit.ts
 
+# exclude additional documention
+core/adr/
+
 # keep class map for cloudformation-include
 !cloudformation-include/cfn-types-2-classes.json
 
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/adr/acknowledge-warnings.md b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/adr/acknowledge-warnings.md
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/adr/acknowledge-warnings.md
rename to packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/adr/acknowledge-warnings.md