diff --git a/assets/settings/default.json b/assets/settings/default.json
index b47f0dc2e7e17decf3ff76de32eccd3d713daa4c..bf2acc708e9fe49653f02ab607059ea1b8a48725 100644
--- a/assets/settings/default.json
+++ b/assets/settings/default.json
@@ -268,7 +268,9 @@
     // Whether to show warnings or not by default.
     "include_warnings": true
   },
-  // TODO kb docs
+  // Add files or globs of files that will be excluded by Zed entirely:
+  // they will be skipped during FS scan(s), file tree and file search
+  // will lack the corresponding file entries.
   "file_scan_exclusions": [
     "**/.git",
     "**/.svn",
diff --git a/crates/collab/src/tests/integration_tests.rs b/crates/collab/src/tests/integration_tests.rs
index 61bbabccddfd2cb96596c854682c3f8d5e918154..fa7c4fe67df4fed4645e8c6552e242b3d7662276 100644
--- a/crates/collab/src/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/collab/src/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -1381,8 +1381,6 @@ async fn test_share_project(
                 Path::new("a.txt"),
                 Path::new("b.txt"),
                 Path::new("ignored-dir"),
-                Path::new("ignored-dir/c.txt"),
-                Path::new("ignored-dir/d.txt"),
             ]
         );
     });
diff --git a/crates/project/src/project_settings.rs b/crates/project/src/project_settings.rs
index cda37be601c8e67b96eda2b708074b638e240f30..a7acc7bba8d8e98cbecc832d042e545133dc5058 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/project_settings.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/project_settings.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ pub struct ProjectSettings {
     pub lsp: HashMap<Arc<str>, LspSettings>,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub git: GitSettings,
-    // TODO kb docs and project_search test
     #[serde(default)]
     pub file_scan_exclusions: Option<Vec<String>>,
 }
diff --git a/crates/project/src/worktree.rs b/crates/project/src/worktree.rs
index 1dd0771cfe3deb1fb43bacd1c05f8f0e171335bb..aa6341f330f726a42b15644a04f24a5ede187531 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/worktree.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/worktree.rs
@@ -3502,6 +3502,7 @@ impl BackgroundScanner {
             let state = self.state.lock();
             let snapshot = &state.snapshot;
             root_abs_path = snapshot.abs_path().clone();
+            // TODO kb we need `DOT_GIT` and `GITIGNORE` entries always processed.
             if snapshot.is_abs_path_excluded(&job.abs_path) {
                 log::error!("skipping excluded directory {:?}", job.path);
                 return Ok(());
diff --git a/crates/search/src/project_search.rs b/crates/search/src/project_search.rs
index 8f19e7480259e67e7affdfd7b476d750de8545e4..5f3a6db6d49cd089ef9b3bc1855888b462a674fd 100644
--- a/crates/search/src/project_search.rs
+++ b/crates/search/src/project_search.rs
@@ -1767,14 +1767,16 @@ impl View for ProjectSearchBar {
                 render_option_button_icon("icons/word_search.svg", SearchOptions::WHOLE_WORD, cx)
             });
 
-            let include_ignored = is_semantic_disabled.then(|| {
+            let mut include_ignored = is_semantic_disabled.then(|| {
                 render_option_button_icon(
-                    // TODO kb icon
+                    // TODO proper icon
                     "icons/case_insensitive.svg",
                     SearchOptions::INCLUDE_IGNORED,
                     cx,
                 )
             });
+            // TODO not implemented yet
+            let _ = include_ignored.take();
 
             let search_button_for_mode = |mode, side, cx: &mut ViewContext<ProjectSearchBar>| {
                 let is_active = if let Some(search) = self.active_project_search.as_ref() {