diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3f500b0..cab92b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ pip install md2cf
 ```text
 usage: md2cf [-h] [-o HOST] [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] [--token TOKEN]
              [--insecure] [-s SPACE] [-a PARENT_TITLE | -A PARENT_ID]
-             [-t TITLE] [-m MESSAGE] [-i PAGE_ID] [--prefix PREFIX]
-             [--strip-top-header] [--remove-text-newlines]
+             [-t TITLE] [-m MESSAGE] [--minor-edit] [-i PAGE_ID]
+             [--prefix PREFIX] [--strip-top-header] [--remove-text-newlines]
              [--replace-all-labels] [--preface-markdown [PREFACE_MARKDOWN] |
              --preface-file PREFACE_FILE]
              [--postface-markdown [POSTFACE_MARKDOWN] | --postface-file
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ Uploading a page with the same title twice will update the existing one.
 
 If you want to update a page by page ID, use the `--page-id` option. This allows you to change the page's title, or to update a page with a title that is annoying to use as a parameter.
 
+With the `--minor-edit` option you can prevent notifications being sent to watcher of the page. This corresponds to the "Notify watchers" checkbox when editing pages manually.
+
 ### Avoiding uploading content that hasn't changed
 
 If you want to avoid redundant uploads (and the corresponding update emails) when your content hasn't changed, you can add the `--only-changed` option. Note that this will store a hash of the page/attachment contents at the end of the version update message.
diff --git a/md2cf/__main__.py b/md2cf/__main__.py
index 0dd2095..032a6d2 100644
--- a/md2cf/__main__.py
+++ b/md2cf/__main__.py
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ def get_parser():
         help="a title for the page. Determined from the document if missing",
     )
     page_group.add_argument("-m", "--message", help="update message for the change")
+    page_group.add_argument(
+        "--minor-edit", action="store_true", help="do not notify watchers of change"
+    )
     page_group.add_argument("-i", "--page-id", help="ID of the page to be updated")
     page_group.add_argument(
         "--prefix",
@@ -227,6 +230,7 @@ def upsert_page(
     page: md2cf.document.Page,
     only_changed: bool = False,
     replace_all_labels: bool = False,
+    minor_edit: bool = False,
 ):
     existing_page = confluence.get_page(
         title=page.title,
@@ -303,6 +307,7 @@ def upsert_page(
                 parent_id=page.parent_id,
                 update_message=page_message,
                 labels=page.labels if replace_all_labels else None,
+                minor_edit=minor_edit,
             )
 
         if not replace_all_labels and page.labels:
@@ -477,6 +482,7 @@ def main():
                     page=page,
                     only_changed=args.only_changed,
                     replace_all_labels=args.replace_all_labels,
+                    minor_edit=args.minor_edit,
                 )
         except HTTPError as e:
             sys.stderr.write("{} - {}\n".format(str(e), e.response.content))
diff --git a/md2cf/api.py b/md2cf/api.py
index ed5b938..a31d6ee 100644
--- a/md2cf/api.py
+++ b/md2cf/api.py
@@ -106,10 +106,19 @@ def create_page(
 
         return self.api.content.post(json=page_structure)
 
-    def update_page(self, page, body, parent_id=None, update_message=None, labels=None):
+    def update_page(
+        self,
+        page,
+        body,
+        parent_id=None,
+        update_message=None,
+        labels=None,
+        minor_edit=False,
+    ):
         update_structure = {
             "version": {
                 "number": page.version.number + 1,
+                "minorEdit": minor_edit,
             },
             "title": page.title,
             "type": "page",
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_confluence.py b/tests/unit/test_confluence.py
index cd99259..d00add5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_confluence.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_confluence.py
@@ -260,9 +260,7 @@ def test_update_page(confluence):
     test_new_body = "<p>This is my new body</p>"
 
     update_structure = {
-        "version": {
-            "number": test_page_version + 1,
-        },
+        "version": {"number": test_page_version + 1, "minorEdit": False},
         "title": test_page_title,
         "type": "page",
         "body": {"storage": {"value": test_new_body, "representation": "storage"}},
@@ -292,7 +290,11 @@ def test_update_page_with_message(confluence):
     test_new_body = "<p>This is my new body</p>"
 
     update_structure = {
-        "version": {"number": test_page_version + 1, "message": test_page_message},
+        "version": {
+            "number": test_page_version + 1,
+            "message": test_page_message,
+            "minorEdit": False,
+        },
         "title": test_page_title,
         "type": "page",
         "body": {"storage": {"value": test_new_body, "representation": "storage"}},