diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 494ad69efbc56..d0d93f2cdba8c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ global-exclude *.h5
 global-exclude *.html
 global-exclude *.json
 global-exclude *.jsonl
+global-exclude *.pdf
 global-exclude *.pickle
 global-exclude *.png
+global-exclude *.pptx
 global-exclude *.pyc
 global-exclude *.pyd
 global-exclude *.ods
diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.3.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.3.0.rst
index 5e95cd6e5ee10..4ac95aef0a2c5 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.3.0.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v1.3.0.rst
@@ -518,6 +518,11 @@ Other API changes
 - Accessing ``_constructor_expanddim`` on a :class:`DataFrame` and ``_constructor_sliced`` on a :class:`Series` now raise an ``AttributeError``. Previously a ``NotImplementedError`` was raised (:issue:`38782`)
 -
 
+Build
+=====
+
+- Documentation in ``.pptx`` and ``.pdf`` formats are no longer included in wheels or source distributions. (:issue:`30741`)
+
 .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 .. _whatsnew_130.deprecations: