diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 85a542282..e4b69b7f3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ cmd = "ruff format"
 
 [tool.poe.tasks.format-docs]
 help = "Format the documentation"
-cmd = "docstrfmt"
+cmd = "docstrfmt docs *.rst"
 
 [tool.poe.tasks.lint]
 help = "Check the code for linting issues. Accepts ruff options."
@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ extend-exclude = [
     "docs/api/**/*",
     "README_kr.rst",
 ]
-files = ["docs", "*.rst"]
 
 [tool.ruff]
 target-version = "py39"