diff --git a/doorstop/cli/commands.py b/doorstop/cli/commands.py
index 06c4f4d7..3c57a776 100644
--- a/doorstop/cli/commands.py
+++ b/doorstop/cli/commands.py
@@ -563,6 +563,8 @@ def run_publish(args, cwd, error, catch=True):
     kwargs = {}
     if args.width:
         kwargs["width"] = args.width
+    if args.no_toc:
+        kwargs["toc"] = False
 
     if args.index:
         kwargs["index"] = True
diff --git a/doorstop/cli/main.py b/doorstop/cli/main.py
index eb5756aa..6614e593 100644
--- a/doorstop/cli/main.py
+++ b/doorstop/cli/main.py
@@ -543,6 +543,11 @@ def _publish(subs, shared):
         help="Generate top level index (when producing markdown).",
         action="store_true",
     )
+    sub.add_argument(
+        "--no-toc",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="do not include a table-of-contents in the output",
+    )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/doorstop/cli/tests/test_all.py b/doorstop/cli/tests/test_all.py
index 7b6d046a..93f0e42d 100644
--- a/doorstop/cli/tests/test_all.py
+++ b/doorstop/cli/tests/test_all.py
@@ -796,6 +796,23 @@ def test_publish_document_html_file(self):
         filePath = os.path.join(self.temp, "documents", "req.html")
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(filePath))
 
+    def test_publish_document_md_file_no_toc(self):
+        """Verify 'doorstop publish --no-toc' creates an MarkDownfile with no TOC."""
+        path = os.path.join(self.temp, "req.md")
+        self.assertIs(None, main(["publish", "--no-toc", "req", path]))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(path))
+        text = common.read_text(path)
+        self.assertNotIn("Table of Contents", text)
+
+    def test_publish_document_html_file_no_toc(self):
+        """Verify 'doorstop publish --no-toc' creates an HTML file with no TOC."""
+        path = os.path.join(self.temp, "req.html")
+        self.assertIs(None, main(["publish", "--no-toc", "req", path]))
+        filePath = os.path.join(self.temp, "documents", "req.html")
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(filePath))
+        text = common.read_text(filePath)
+        self.assertNotIn("Table of Contents", text)
+
     def test_publish_tree_html(self):
         """Verify 'doorstop publish' can create an HTML directory."""
         path = os.path.join(self.temp, "all")
@@ -842,6 +859,13 @@ def test_publish_markdown_tree_no_path(self):
             ],
         )
 
+    def test_publish_tree_html_no_toc(self):
+        """Verify 'doorstop publish --no-toc' returns a html document with no toc."""
+        path = os.path.join(self.temp, "all")
+        self.assertIs(None, main(["publish", "--no-toc", "all", path]))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(path))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(os.path.join(path, "index.html")))
+
 
 class TestPublishCommand(TempTestCase):
     """Tests 'doorstop publish' options toc and template"""