diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 1b5839859b1..45360445b5e 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-# GitHub Linguist annotations.
-# Hide nix/.stack.nix/*.nix
-# That is stuff that is generated by nix-tools stack-to-nix
+# GitHub Linguist annotations
+# - influences how files are shown in the GitHub diff view
 
+# Hide stuff that is generated by nix-tools stack-to-nix
 nix/.stack.nix/*.nix linguist-generated=true merge=union
+
+# Hide niv boilerplate
 nix/sources.nix linguist-generated=true
+
+# Hide the Cabal freeze file
+cabal.project.freeze linguist-generated=true