diff --git a/Documentation/doc-diff b/Documentation/doc-diff
index 36fc2307a7..3355be4798 100755
--- a/Documentation/doc-diff
+++ b/Documentation/doc-diff
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ asciidoc		use asciidoc with both commits
 to-asciidoc		use asciidoc with the 'to'-commit
 to-asciidoctor		use asciidoctor with the 'to'-commit
 asciidoctor		use asciidoctor with both commits
+cut-header-footer	cut away header and footer
 "
 SUBDIRECTORY_OK=1
 . "$(git --exec-path)/git-sh-setup"
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ force=
 clean=
 from_program=
 to_program=
+cut_header_footer=
 while test $# -gt 0
 do
 	case "$1" in
@@ -53,6 +55,8 @@ do
 	--asciidoc)
 		from_program=-asciidoc
 		to_program=-asciidoc ;;
+	--cut-header-footer)
+		cut_header_footer=-cut-header-footer ;;
 	--)
 		shift; break ;;
 	*)
@@ -114,8 +118,8 @@ construct_makemanflags () {
 from_makemanflags=$(construct_makemanflags "$from_program") &&
 to_makemanflags=$(construct_makemanflags "$to_program") &&
 
-from_dir=$from_oid$from_program &&
-to_dir=$to_oid$to_program &&
+from_dir=$from_oid$from_program$cut_header_footer &&
+to_dir=$to_oid$to_program$cut_header_footer &&
 
 # generate_render_makefile <srcdir> <dstdir>
 generate_render_makefile () {
@@ -164,6 +168,17 @@ render_tree () {
 			"$tmp/rendered/$dname+" |
 		make -j$parallel -f - &&
 		mv "$tmp/rendered/$dname+" "$tmp/rendered/$dname"
+
+		if test "$cut_header_footer" = "-cut-header-footer"
+		then
+			for f in $(find "$tmp/rendered/$dname" -type f)
+			do
+				tail -n +3 "$f" | head -n -2 |
+				sed -e '1{/^$/d}' -e '${/^$/d}' >"$f+" &&
+				mv "$f+" "$f" ||
+				return 1
+			done
+		fi
 	fi
 }