diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 0c21e69..ca2d0d6 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -699,9 +699,11 @@ Configure email with iCalendar event support, to integrate with
   (savehist-mode +1))
 
 (use-package dired
+  :hook (dired-mode . (lambda () (dired-omit-mode +1)))
   :custom
   (dired-auto-revert-buffer t)
-  (dired-dwim-target t))
+  (dired-dwim-target t)
+  (dired-omit-files "\\`[.]?#\\|\\`[.][.]?.*\\'"))
 
 (use-package recentf
   :config