diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2266d25..3c75b1e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ enableRobotsTXT = true
     facebook_admin = "0000000000" # Facebook Page Admin ID
 
   # Author metadata. This is mostly used for the RSS feed of your site, but the
-  # email is also added to the footer of each post
+  # email is also added to the footer of each post. You can hide the "reply to"
+  # link by using a `hideReply` param in front matter.
   [params.author]
     name = "John Doe" # Your name as shown in the RSS feed metadata
     email = "me@example.com" # Added to the footer so readers can reply to posts
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 4ff8d75..2baecc4 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     <a class="blog-tags" href="{{ .RelPermalink }}">#{{ lower .LinkTitle }}</a>
   {{ end }}
 </p>
+{{ if not .Params.hideReply }}
 {{ with .Site.Params.author.email }}
   <p>
     <a href='mailto:{{ . }}?subject={{ i18n "email-subject" }}"{{ default $.Site.Title $.Page.Title }}"'>
@@ -24,3 +25,4 @@
   </p>
 {{ end }}
 {{ end }}
+{{ end }}