diff --git a/_includes/read_time.html b/_includes/read_time.html
index 9cb3f7ae193e..b6eb2e9be242 100644
--- a/_includes/read_time.html
+++ b/_includes/read_time.html
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+{%- unless page.skip_read_time == true -%}
 {%- assign words = content | number_of_words -%}
 {%- if words >= 360 -%}
-<p><em class="reading-time">Estimated reading time: {{ words | divided_by:180 }} minutes</em></p>
+<em class="reading-time">Estimated reading time: {{ words | divided_by:180 }} minutes</em>
 {%- endif -%}
+{%- endunless -%}
diff --git a/_layouts/docs.html b/_layouts/docs.html
index 17bc31b751f7..72d909136cb4 100644
--- a/_layouts/docs.html
+++ b/_layouts/docs.html
@@ -28,12 +28,7 @@ <h1>{{ page.title }}</h1>
                             {%- if page.advisory -%}
                             <blockquote>{{ site.data.advisories.texts[page.advisory] | markdownify }}</blockquote>
                             {%- endif -%}
-                            {%- unless page.skip_read_time == true -%}
-                            {%- assign words = content | number_of_words -%}
-                            {%- if words >= 360 -%}
-                            <p><em class="reading-time">Estimated reading time: {{ words | divided_by:180 }} minutes</em></p>
-                            {%- endif -%}
-                            {%- endunless -%}
+                            <p>{%- include read_time.html -%}</p>
                             {{ content }}
                             {%- unless page.notags == true -%}
                             {%- assign keywords = page.keywords | split:"," -%}