diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index c1dec6272..1c4cc1b6f 100755
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-^.*\.Rproj$
+^devtools\.Rproj$
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
 ^\.travis\.yml$
 ^NEWS.md$
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 99c9e65d0..5e40bb7b8 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # devtools 1.X
 
+## Bug fixes
+
+* The file `template.Rproj` is now correctly installed and the function
+  `use_rstudio` works as it should. (#595, @hmalmedal)
+
 # devtools 1.6
 
 ## Tool templates and `create()`