diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1452ea73..36476742 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -231,6 +231,15 @@ $ php artisan api:update
 
 As an optional parameter, you can use `--location` to tell the update command where your documentation can be found.
 
+## automatically add markdown to the beginning or end of the documentation
+
+If you wish to automatically add the same content to the docs every time you generate, you can add a `prepend.md` and/or `append.md` file to the source folder, and they will be included either above, or below the generated routes (or both).
+
+**File locations:**
+`public/docs/source/prepend.md`
+`public/docs/source/append.md`
+
+
 ## Skip single routes
 
 If you want to skip a single route from a list of routes that match a given prefix, you can use the `@hideFromAPIDocumentation` tag on the Controller method you do not want to document.
diff --git a/src/Mpociot/ApiDoc/Commands/GenerateDocumentation.php b/src/Mpociot/ApiDoc/Commands/GenerateDocumentation.php
index 857be1ca..99e68c9a 100644
--- a/src/Mpociot/ApiDoc/Commands/GenerateDocumentation.php
+++ b/src/Mpociot/ApiDoc/Commands/GenerateDocumentation.php
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ private function writeMarkdown($parsedRoutes)
         $outputPath = $this->option('output');
         $targetFile = $outputPath.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'source'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'index.md';
         $compareFile = $outputPath.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'source'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'.compare.md';
+        $prependFile = $outputPath.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'source'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'prepend.md';
+        $appendFile = $outputPath.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'source'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'append.md';
 
         $infoText = view('apidoc::partials.info')
             ->with('outputPath', ltrim($outputPath, 'public/'))
@@ -152,12 +154,24 @@ private function writeMarkdown($parsedRoutes)
             });
         }
 
+        $prependFileContents = '';
+        if (file_exists($prependFile)) {
+            $prependFileContents = file_get_contents($prependFile);
+        }
+
+        $appendFileContents = '';
+        if (file_exists($appendFile)) {
+            $appendFileContents = file_get_contents($appendFile);
+        }
+
         $documentarian = new Documentarian();
 
         $markdown = view('apidoc::documentarian')
             ->with('writeCompareFile', false)
             ->with('frontmatter', $frontmatter)
             ->with('infoText', $infoText)
+            ->with('prependMd', $prependFileContents)
+            ->with('appendMd', $appendFileContents)
             ->with('outputPath', $this->option('output'))
             ->with('showPostmanCollectionButton', ! $this->option('noPostmanCollection'))
             ->with('parsedRoutes', $parsedRouteOutput);
@@ -174,6 +188,8 @@ private function writeMarkdown($parsedRoutes)
             ->with('writeCompareFile', true)
             ->with('frontmatter', $frontmatter)
             ->with('infoText', $infoText)
+            ->with('prependMd', $prependFileContents)
+            ->with('appendMd', $appendFileContents)
             ->with('outputPath', $this->option('output'))
             ->with('showPostmanCollectionButton', ! $this->option('noPostmanCollection'))
             ->with('parsedRoutes', $parsedRouteOutput);
diff --git a/src/resources/views/documentarian.blade.php b/src/resources/views/documentarian.blade.php
index 9e2a136a..83d7c37d 100644
--- a/src/resources/views/documentarian.blade.php
+++ b/src/resources/views/documentarian.blade.php
@@ -5,15 +5,19 @@
 {!! $infoText !!}
 <!-- END_INFO -->
 
+{!! $prependMd !!}
+
 @foreach($parsedRoutes as $group => $routes)
 @if($group)
 #{{$group}}
 @endif
 @foreach($routes as $parsedRoute)
 @if($writeCompareFile === true)
-{!! $parsedRoute['output']!!}
+{!! $parsedRoute['output'] !!}
 @else
 {!! isset($parsedRoute['modified_output']) ? $parsedRoute['modified_output'] : $parsedRoute['output']!!}
 @endif
 @endforeach
 @endforeach
+
+{!! $appendMd !!}