diff --git a/docs/_config.yml b/docs/_config.yml
index 4cbf70f..4f703bb 100644
--- a/docs/_config.yml
+++ b/docs/_config.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ color_scheme: dark
 #plugins:
 #  - jekyll-feed
 
+includes_dir: .
 # Exclude from processing.
 # The following items will not be processed, by default.
 # Any item listed under the `exclude:` key here will be automatically added to
diff --git a/docs/_includes/includesnippet b/docs/_includes/includesnippet
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ecd1ff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_includes/includesnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{%- comment -%}{% raw %}<!--
+Includes the specified lines from an include file.
+
+Usage:
+  {% include includelines filename=PATH start=INT count=INT %}
+
+  filename: path to file under _includes
+  start: first line to include, starting at 1
+  starttext: begin with line containing specified text
+  count: number of lines to include
+  endtext: ends with line containing specified text
+
+Example:
+
+  {% include includelines filename='src/HelloWorld.java' start=10 count=5 %}
+  
+-->{% endraw %}{%- endcomment -%}
+{%- capture filecontent  -%}
+{%-   include {{include.filename}}  -%}
+{%- endcapture -%}
+{%- assign lines = filecontent | rstrip | newline_to_br | split: '<br />'  -%}
+{%- assign start = {{include.start}}  -%}
+{%- assign count = {{include.count}} -%}
+{%- for line in lines  -%}
+{%-   if line contains {{include.starttext}} -%}
+{%-     assign start = forloop.index | minus: 1 -%}
+{%-   endif -%}
+{%-   if line contains {{include.endtext}} -%}
+{%-     assign end = forloop.index | decrement -%}
+{%-     assign count = end | minus: start -%}
+{%-   endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}
+{%- for line in lines offset: {{start}} limit: {{count}} -%}
+  {{- line | rstrip -}}
+{%- endfor -%}
diff --git a/docs/includetest.md b/docs/includetest.md
index a8faaff..6833829 100644
--- a/docs/includetest.md
+++ b/docs/includetest.md
@@ -3,10 +3,38 @@ hidden: true
 ---
 
 
+All four lines
 ```python
-{% include includelines filename='testfile.py' method='main()' start=1  count=3 %}
+{% include _includes/includesnippet filename='_includes/testfile.py' %}
 ```
 
-{% include includemethod filename='testfile.py' method='main()' before=0  after=3 %}
-      
+two lines
+```python
+{% include _includes/includesnippet filename='_includes/testfile.py' count=2 %}
+```
+
+start at line 2
+```python
+{% include _includes/includesnippet filename='_includes/testfile.py' start=2 %}
+```
+
+start at line 1, but do two lines
+```python
+{% include _includes/includesnippet filename='_includes/testfile.py' start=1 count=2 %}
+```
+
+get main
+```python
+{% include _includes/includesnippet filename='_includes/testfile.py' starttext='main()' endtext='return' %}
+```
+
+get comment to return
+```python
+{% include _includes/includesnippet filename='_includes/testfile.py' starttext='A comment' endtext='return' %}
+```
+
+get comment to assignment
+```python
+{% include _includes/includesnippet filename='_includes/testfile.py' starttext='A comment' endtext='p = 2' %}
+```