diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9cc8e495..10de8757 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # 0.10.2 (Unreleased)
 
+NEW FEATURES:
+
+* cmd/tfplugindocs: Additional CLI argument `ignore-deprecated` allows to skip deprecated resources and data-sources when generating docs ([#154](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-docs/pull/154)).
+
 BUG FIXES:
 
 * cmd/tfplugindocs: Pass through filepaths for `examples` and `import` to allow use of `HasExample` and `HasImport` template helpers in custom templates ([#155](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-docs/pull/155)).
diff --git a/internal/cmd/generate.go b/internal/cmd/generate.go
index a48a94a2..54e4d201 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/generate.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/generate.go
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import (
 type generateCmd struct {
 	commonCmd
 
-	flagLegacySidebar bool
+	flagLegacySidebar    bool
+	flagIgnoreDeprecated bool
 
 	flagProviderName         string
 	flagRenderedProviderName string
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ func (cmd *generateCmd) Flags() *flag.FlagSet {
 	fs.StringVar(&cmd.flagWebsiteTmpDir, "website-temp-dir", "", "temporary directory (used during generation)")
 	fs.StringVar(&cmd.flagWebsiteSourceDir, "website-source-dir", "templates", "templates directory")
 	fs.StringVar(&cmd.tfVersion, "tf-version", "", "terraform binary version to download")
+	fs.BoolVar(&cmd.flagIgnoreDeprecated, "ignore-deprecated", false, "don't generate documentation for deprecated resources and data-sources")
 	return fs
 }
 
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ func (cmd *generateCmd) runInternal() error {
 		cmd.flagWebsiteTmpDir,
 		cmd.flagWebsiteSourceDir,
 		cmd.tfVersion,
+		cmd.flagIgnoreDeprecated,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to generate website: %w", err)
diff --git a/internal/provider/generate.go b/internal/provider/generate.go
index 7641fd22..ce5a4b13 100644
--- a/internal/provider/generate.go
+++ b/internal/provider/generate.go
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ var (
 )
 
 type generator struct {
-	legacySidebar bool
-	tfVersion     string
+	ignoreDeprecated bool
+	legacySidebar    bool
+	tfVersion        string
 
 	providerName         string
 	renderedProviderName string
@@ -85,10 +86,11 @@ func (g *generator) warnf(format string, a ...interface{}) {
 	g.ui.Warn(fmt.Sprintf(format, a...))
 }
 
-func Generate(ui cli.Ui, legacySidebar bool, providerName, renderedProviderName, renderedWebsiteDir, examplesDir, websiteTmpDir, websiteSourceDir, tfVersion string) error {
+func Generate(ui cli.Ui, legacySidebar bool, providerName, renderedProviderName, renderedWebsiteDir, examplesDir, websiteTmpDir, websiteSourceDir, tfVersion string, ignoreDeprecated bool) error {
 	g := &generator{
-		legacySidebar: legacySidebar,
-		tfVersion:     tfVersion,
+		ignoreDeprecated: ignoreDeprecated,
+		legacySidebar:    legacySidebar,
+		tfVersion:        tfVersion,
 
 		providerName:         providerName,
 		renderedProviderName: renderedProviderName,
@@ -319,6 +321,10 @@ func (g *generator) renderMissingProviderDoc(providerName string, schema *tfjson
 func (g *generator) renderMissingDocs(providerName string, providerSchema *tfjson.ProviderSchema) error {
 	g.infof("generating missing resource content")
 	for name, schema := range providerSchema.ResourceSchemas {
+		if g.ignoreDeprecated && schema.Block.Deprecated {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		err := g.renderMissingResourceDoc(providerName, name, "Resource", schema,
 			websiteResourceFileTemplate,
 			websiteResourceFallbackFileTemplate,
@@ -332,6 +338,10 @@ func (g *generator) renderMissingDocs(providerName string, providerSchema *tfjso
 
 	g.infof("generating missing data source content")
 	for name, schema := range providerSchema.DataSourceSchemas {
+		if g.ignoreDeprecated && schema.Block.Deprecated {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		err := g.renderMissingResourceDoc(providerName, name, "Data Source", schema,
 			websiteDataSourceFileTemplate,
 			websiteDataSourceFallbackFileTemplate,