diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index ed85a0b23a..f472e15786 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Features
 
 * Support for reStructured text docinfo metadata with
   USE_REST_DOCINFO_METADATA option, defaulting to False (Issue #1923)
+* New HIDE_REST_DOCINFO option, defaulting to False.
 * Support for Markdown Meta extension for Pelican
   compatibility (Issue #1923)
 * Support for YAML and TOML metadata (Issue #2801)
diff --git a/nikola/conf.py.in b/nikola/conf.py.in
index 018e9b93e4..7eaef155c1 100644
--- a/nikola/conf.py.in
+++ b/nikola/conf.py.in
@@ -1138,6 +1138,9 @@ MARKDOWN_EXTENSIONS = ['markdown.extensions.fenced_code', 'markdown.extensions.c
 # If enabled, extract metadata from docinfo fields in reSt documents
 # USE_REST_DOCINFO_METADATA = False
 
+# If enabled, hide docinfo fields in reSt document output
+# HIDE_REST_DOCINFO = False
+
 # If you hate "Filenames with Capital Letters and Spaces.md", you should
 # set this to true.
 UNSLUGIFY_TITLES = True
diff --git a/nikola/plugins/compile/rest/__init__.py b/nikola/plugins/compile/rest/__init__.py
index 0ee374a4d7..9a968d2a0d 100644
--- a/nikola/plugins/compile/rest/__init__.py
+++ b/nikola/plugins/compile/rest/__init__.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def compile_string(self, data, source_path=None, is_two_file=True, post=None, la
 
         from nikola import shortcodes as sc
         new_data, shortcodes = sc.extract_shortcodes(data)
-        if self.site.config.get('USE_REST_DOCINFO_METADATA'):
+        if self.site.config.get('HIDE_REST_DOCINFO', False):
             self.site.rst_transforms.append(RemoveDocinfo)
         output, error_level, deps, _ = rst2html(
             new_data, settings_overrides=settings_overrides, logger=self.logger, source_path=source_path, l_add_ln=add_ln, transforms=self.site.rst_transforms,