diff --git a/doc/lib/BackRestDoc/Latex/DocLatexSection.pm b/doc/lib/BackRestDoc/Latex/DocLatexSection.pm
index b3a3ebe76..5c4d9fcad 100644
--- a/doc/lib/BackRestDoc/Latex/DocLatexSection.pm
+++ b/doc/lib/BackRestDoc/Latex/DocLatexSection.pm
@@ -115,12 +115,22 @@ sub sectionProcess
         &log(INFO, ('    ' x ($iDepth + 1)) . 'process section: ' . $oSection->paramGet('path'));
     }
 
-    # Create the section
+    # Create section type
     my $strSectionTitle = $self->processText($oSection->nodeGet('title')->textGet());
     $strSection .= (defined($strSection) ? ', ' : '') . "'${strSectionTitle}' " . ('Sub' x ($iDepth - 1)) . "Section";
 
+    # Create section comment
     my $strLatex =
-        "% ${strSection}\n% " . ('-' x 130) . "\n\\";
+        "% ${strSection}\n% " . ('-' x 130) . "\n";
+
+    # Exclude from table of contents if requested
+    if ($iDepth <= 3 && $oSection->paramTest('toc', 'n'))
+    {
+        $strLatex .= '\\addtocontents{toc}{\\protect\\setcounter{tocdepth}{' . ($iDepth - 1) . "}}\n";
+    }
+
+    # Create section name
+    $strLatex .= '\\';
 
     if ($iDepth <= 3)
     {
@@ -137,6 +147,12 @@ sub sectionProcess
 
     $strLatex .= "\{${strSectionTitle}\}\\label{" . $oSection->paramGet('path', false) . "}\n";
 
+    # Reset table of contents numbering if the section was excluded
+    if ($iDepth <= 3 && $oSection->paramTest('toc', 'n'))
+    {
+        $strLatex .= '\\addtocontents{toc}{\\protect\\setcounter{tocdepth}{' . $iDepth . "}}\n";
+    }
+
     foreach my $oChild ($oSection->nodeList())
     {
         &log(DEBUG, ('    ' x ($iDepth + 2)) . 'process child ' . $oChild->nameGet());
diff --git a/doc/xml/dtd/doc.dtd b/doc/xml/dtd/doc.dtd
index 78a2da09a..08e1ca009 100644
--- a/doc/xml/dtd/doc.dtd
+++ b/doc/xml/dtd/doc.dtd
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
     <!ATTLIST section keyword CDATA "">
     <!ATTLIST section depend CDATA "">
     <!ATTLIST section source CDATA "">
+    <!ATTLIST section toc CDATA "">
 <!ELEMENT title (#PCDATA|quote|b|i|bi|ul|ol|id|code|host|file|path|cmd|setting|exe|backrest|postgres|br-option|br-setting|
                  pg-option|pg-setting|link|user|proper)*>
 
diff --git a/doc/xml/release.xml b/doc/xml/release.xml
index 971695582..d69608df0 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release.xml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
                     </release-item>
 
                     <release-item>
-                        <p>PDF rendering improvements.  Check both <path>doc-path</path> and <path>bin-path</path> for logo.  Allow PDF to be output to a location other than the <path>output</path> directory. Use PDF-specific version variable for more flexible formatting.</p>
+                        <p>PDF rendering improvements.  Check both <path>doc-path</path> and <path>bin-path</path> for logo.  Allow PDF to be output to a location other than the <path>output</path> directory. Use PDF-specific version variable for more flexible formatting.  Allow sections to be excluded from table of contents.</p>
                     </release-item>
 
                     <release-item>