diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c1479351405..421c9ecec58 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ Features added
   inventory specification. Specific types of cross-references can be disabled,
   e.g., ``std:doc`` or all cross-references in a specific domain,
   e.g., ``std:*``.
+* #9623: Allow to suppress "toctree contains reference to excluded document"
+  warnings using :confval:`suppress_warnings`
 
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
diff --git a/doc/usage/configuration.rst b/doc/usage/configuration.rst
index 6725bd3e0c9..551ef5dbda6 100644
--- a/doc/usage/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/configuration.rst
@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ General configuration
    * ``ref.python``
    * ``misc.highlighting_failure``
    * ``toc.circular``
+   * ``toc.excluded``
+   * ``toc.not_readable``
    * ``toc.secnum``
    * ``epub.unknown_project_files``
    * ``epub.duplicated_toc_entry``
@@ -360,6 +362,10 @@ General configuration
 
       Added ``epub.duplicated_toc_entry``
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 4.3
+
+      Added ``toc.excluded`` and ``toc.not_readable``
+
 .. confval:: needs_sphinx
 
    If set to a ``major.minor`` version string like ``'1.1'``, Sphinx will
diff --git a/sphinx/directives/other.py b/sphinx/directives/other.py
index e131fe82053..03eb6d3d241 100644
--- a/sphinx/directives/other.py
+++ b/sphinx/directives/other.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 
 from sphinx import addnodes
 from sphinx.domains.changeset import VersionChange  # NOQA  # for compatibility
-from sphinx.locale import _
-from sphinx.util import docname_join, url_re
+from sphinx.locale import _, __
+from sphinx.util import docname_join, logging, url_re
 from sphinx.util.docutils import SphinxDirective
 from sphinx.util.matching import Matcher, patfilter
 from sphinx.util.nodes import explicit_title_re
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 
 glob_re = re.compile(r'.*[*?\[].*')
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def int_or_nothing(argument: str) -> int:
@@ -106,9 +107,8 @@ def parse_content(self, toctree: addnodes.toctree) -> List[Node]:
                     toctree['entries'].append((None, docname))
                     toctree['includefiles'].append(docname)
                 if not docnames:
-                    ret.append(self.state.document.reporter.warning(
-                        'toctree glob pattern %r didn\'t match any documents'
-                        % entry, line=self.lineno))
+                    logger.warning(__('toctree glob pattern %r didn\'t match any documents'),
+                                   entry, location=toctree)
             else:
                 if explicit:
                     ref = explicit.group(2)
@@ -128,20 +128,21 @@ def parse_content(self, toctree: addnodes.toctree) -> List[Node]:
                     toctree['entries'].append((title, ref))
                 elif docname not in self.env.found_docs:
                     if excluded(self.env.doc2path(docname, None)):
-                        message = 'toctree contains reference to excluded document %r'
+                        message = __('toctree contains reference to excluded document %r')
+                        subtype = 'excluded'
                     else:
-                        message = 'toctree contains reference to nonexisting document %r'
+                        message = __('toctree contains reference to nonexisting document %r')
+                        subtype = 'not_readable'
 
-                    ret.append(self.state.document.reporter.warning(message % docname,
-                                                                    line=self.lineno))
+                    logger.warning(message, docname, type='toc', subtype=subtype,
+                                   location=toctree)
                     self.env.note_reread()
                 else:
                     if docname in all_docnames:
                         all_docnames.remove(docname)
                     else:
-                        message = 'duplicated entry found in toctree: %s'
-                        ret.append(self.state.document.reporter.warning(message % docname,
-                                                                        line=self.lineno))
+                        logger.warning(__('duplicated entry found in toctree: %s'), docname,
+                                       location=toctree)
 
                     toctree['entries'].append((title, docname))
                     toctree['includefiles'].append(docname)
@@ -250,8 +251,9 @@ def run(self) -> List[Node]:
         self.state.nested_parse(self.content, self.content_offset, node)
         if len(node.children) != 1 or not isinstance(node.children[0],
                                                      nodes.bullet_list):
-            reporter = self.state.document.reporter
-            return [reporter.warning('.. acks content is not a list', line=self.lineno)]
+            logger.warning(__('.. acks content is not a list'),
+                           location=(self.env.docname, self.lineno))
+            return []
         return [node]
 
 
@@ -274,8 +276,9 @@ def run(self) -> List[Node]:
         self.state.nested_parse(self.content, self.content_offset, node)
         if len(node.children) != 1 or not isinstance(node.children[0],
                                                      nodes.bullet_list):
-            reporter = self.state.document.reporter
-            return [reporter.warning('.. hlist content is not a list', line=self.lineno)]
+            logger.warning(__('.. hlist content is not a list'),
+                           location=(self.env.docname, self.lineno))
+            return []
         fulllist = node.children[0]
         # create a hlist node where the items are distributed
         npercol, nmore = divmod(len(fulllist), ncolumns)