documentationjs · tmcw · Mar 12, 2019 · Mar 10, 2019
diff --git a/declarations/comment.js b/declarations/comment.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type DocumentationConfig = {
   parseExtension: Array<string>,
   noReferenceLinks?: boolean,
   markdownToc?: boolean,
+  markdownTocMaxDepth?: number,
   documentExported?: boolean,
   resolve?: string,
   hljs?: Object

diff --git a/docs/USAGE.md b/docs/USAGE.md
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Options:
                              they change                               [boolean]
   --markdown-toc             include a table of contents in markdown output
                                                        [boolean] [default: true]
+  --markdown-toc-max-depth   specifies the max depth of the table of contents in markdown output
+                                                           [number] [default: 6]
   --shallow                  shallow mode turns off dependency resolution, only
                              processing the specified files (or the main script
                              specified in package.json)

diff --git a/src/commands/shared_options.js b/src/commands/shared_options.js
@@ -123,5 +123,11 @@ module.exports.sharedOutputOptions = {
     describe: 'include a table of contents in markdown output',
     default: true,
     type: 'boolean'
+  },
+  'markdown-toc-max-depth': {
+    describe:
+      'specifies the max depth of the table of contents in markdown output',
+    default: 6,
+    type: 'number'
   }
 };
diff --git a/src/output/markdown_ast.js b/src/output/markdown_ast.js
@@ -371,7 +371,11 @@ function buildMarkdownAST(comments, config) {
   );
 
   const pluginRemark = remark();
-  if (config.markdownToc) pluginRemark.use(toc, { tight: true });
+  if (config.markdownToc)
+    pluginRemark.use(toc, {
+      tight: true,
+      maxDepth: config.markdownTocMaxDepth
+    });
   if (config.noReferenceLinks !== true) pluginRemark.use(links);
   root = pluginRemark.run(root);