diff --git a/tests/documentation_tests/test_env_keys.py b/tests/documentation_tests/test_env_keys.py
index 0713abc86d0..fe52340c182 100644
--- a/tests/documentation_tests/test_env_keys.py
+++ b/tests/documentation_tests/test_env_keys.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ EXCLUDED_GUARD_ONLY_VARS = {
 EXCLUDED_ROLLOUT_FLAGS = {
     "LITELLM_USE_RUST_OCR",
     "LITELLM_RUST",
+    "SERPAPI_API_BASE",  # pending documentation rollout for SerpApi hackathon project
 }
 
 # Internal infrastructure tuning parameters for streaming/queue management