diff --git a/layouts/partials/section-index.html b/layouts/partials/section-index.html
index 665f301846..dd4876973a 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/section-index.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/section-index.html
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     {{ $parent := .Page }}
     {{ $pages := (where .Site.Pages "Section" .Section).ByWeight }}
     {{ $pages = (where $pages "Type" "!=" "search") }}
+    {{ $pages = (where $pages ".Params.hide_summary" "!=" true) }}
     {{ $pages = (where $pages "Parent.File.UniqueID" "==" $parent.File.UniqueID) }}
     {{ if or $parent.Params.no_list (eq (len $pages) 0) }}
     {{/* If no_list is true or we don't have subpages we don't show a list of subpages */}}
diff --git a/userguide/content/en/docs/Adding content/navigation.md b/userguide/content/en/docs/Adding content/navigation.md
index 63c672fef8..3e052aad82 100644
--- a/userguide/content/en/docs/Adding content/navigation.md	
+++ b/userguide/content/en/docs/Adding content/navigation.md	
@@ -78,7 +78,20 @@ description: >
 ---
 ```
 
-To hide a page or section from the menu, set `toc_hide: true` in front matter.
+To hide a page or section from the left navigation menu, set `toc_hide: true` in the front matter. 
+
+To hide a page from the section summary on a [docs section landing page]({{< ref "content#docs-section-landing-pages" >}}), set `hide_summary: true` in the front matter. If you want to hide a page from both the TOC menu and the section summary list, you need to set both `toc_hide` and `hide_summary` to `true` in the front matter.
+
+```yaml
+---
+title: "My Hidden Page"
+weight: 99
+toc_hide: true
+hide_summary: true
+description: >
+  Page hidden from both the TOC menu and the section summary list.
+---
+```
 
 ### Section menu options