diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-audit-log/setup.py b/packages/google-cloud-audit-log/setup.py
index 238055125f0d..840feb929533 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-audit-log/setup.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-audit-log/setup.py
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     install_requires=dependencies,
     license="Apache-2.0",
-    packages=find_namespace_packages(exclude=("tests*", "testing*")),
+    packages=find_namespace_packages(
+        include=("google*",), exclude=("docs*", "tests*", "testing*")
+    ),
     python_requires=">=3.9",
     url="https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/tree/main/packages/google-cloud-audit-log",
     include_package_data=True,
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-audit-log/tests/unit/test_packaging.py b/packages/google-cloud-audit-log/tests/unit/test_packaging.py
index 80b0aa0d7a61..d6a184296329 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-audit-log/tests/unit/test_packaging.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-audit-log/tests/unit/test_packaging.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
+from importlib import metadata
 
 
 # See https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/how-to/tmp_path.html#the-tmp-path-fixture
@@ -37,3 +38,15 @@ def test_namespace_package_compat(tmp_path):
     env = dict(os.environ, PYTHONPATH=str(tmp_path))
     cmd = [sys.executable, "-m", "google.cloud.othermod"]
     subprocess.check_call(cmd, env=env)
+
+
+def test_top_level_package_metadata_excludes_docs():
+    top_level = metadata.distribution("google-cloud-audit-log").read_text(
+        "top_level.txt"
+    )
+
+    assert top_level is not None
+    top_level_packages = set(top_level.splitlines())
+
+    assert "google" in top_level_packages
+    assert "docs" not in top_level_packages