diff --git a/doc/hidden-cells.ipynb b/doc/hidden-cells.ipynb
index a848aedc..c8f24a0c 100644
--- a/doc/hidden-cells.ipynb
+++ b/doc/hidden-cells.ipynb
@@ -79,6 +79,17 @@
    "source": [
     "This is the cell after the hidden cell."
    ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "You can also remove just the cell input from the HTML/LaTeX output by adding this to the cell metadata:\n",
+    "\n",
+    "```\n",
+    "\"nbsphinx\": \"hidden-input\"\n",
+    "```"
+   ]
   }
  ],
  "metadata": {
diff --git a/src/nbsphinx/__init__.py b/src/nbsphinx/__init__.py
index e597aed4..124e88b6 100644
--- a/src/nbsphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/src/nbsphinx/__init__.py
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
 
 
 {% block input -%}
+{%- if cell.metadata.nbsphinx != 'hidden-input' %}
 .. nbinput:: {% if cell.metadata.magics_language -%}
 {{ cell.metadata.magics_language }}
 {%- elif nb.metadata.language_info -%}
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@
 {%- endif %}
 
 {{ cell.source.strip('\n') | indent }}
+{%- endif %}
 {% endblock input %}