diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5ccd027..f298351 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ dist:
 examples: PYTHONPATH = .
 examples:
 	PYTHONPATH=.
-	bin/yaml2rst examples/main.yml examples/main.rst
+	bin/yaml2rst examples/main.yml examples/main.rst --strip-regex '\s*(:?\[{3}|\]{3})\d?$$'
 	rst2html --stylesheet=examples/demo.css examples/main.rst | grep --invert-match --fixed-strings '<meta name="generator"' > examples/main.html
 	rst2html --stylesheet=examples/demo.css tests/patternsTest.rst > tests/patternsTest.html
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index e344f3a..3974832 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -21,14 +21,19 @@ allows to process the YAML file directly without any pre-processing.
 
 Usage::
 
-  yaml2rst [-h] infile outfile
+  yaml2rst [-h] [--strip-regex regex] infile outfile
 
   positional arguments:
-    infile      YAML-file to read (`-` for stdin)
-    outfile     rst-file to write (`-` for stdout)
+    infile               YAML-file to read (`-` for stdin)
+    outfile              rst-file to write (`-` for stdout)
 
   optional arguments:
-    -h, --help  show this help message and exit
+    -h, --help           show this help message and exit
+    --strip-regex regex  Regex which will remove everything it matches. Can be
+                         used to remove fold markers from headings for example.
+                         Example to strip out [[[,]]] fold markers:
+                         '\s*(:?\[{3}|\]{3})\d?$'. Check the README for more
+                         details.
 
 
 How it works
@@ -43,6 +48,10 @@ Additionally at the start and at the end of a "code"-block, lines are
 added as required by reStructuredText. Also at the begin of a
 "code"-block, a ``::`` is added if required.
 
+``--strip-regex`` can be used to remove matching characters from text-lines
+when needed. Refer to documentation about
+`Folding marks support <docs/fold-markers.rst>`_ for details.
+
 
 Examples
 -------------
diff --git a/bin/yaml2rst b/bin/yaml2rst
index ff669c9..16344fb 100755
--- a/bin/yaml2rst
+++ b/bin/yaml2rst
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import argparse
 import sys
 
 
-def main(infilename, outfilename):
+def main(infilename, outfilename, strip_regex):
     if infilename == '-':
         infh = sys.stdin
     else:
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def main(infilename, outfilename):
         outfh = sys.stdout
     else:
         outfh = open(outfilename, "w")
-    for l in yaml2rst.convert(infh.readlines()):
+    for l in yaml2rst.convert(infh.readlines(), strip_regex):
         print(l.rstrip(), file=outfh)
 
 
@@ -50,5 +50,10 @@ parser.add_argument('infilename', metavar='infile',
                     help="YAML-file to read (`-` for stdin)")
 parser.add_argument('outfilename', metavar='outfile',
                     help="rst-file to write (`-` for stdout)")
+parser.add_argument('--strip-regex', metavar='regex',
+                    help="Regex which will remove everything it matches."
+                    " Can be used to remove fold markers from headings for example."
+                    " Example to strip out [[[,]]] fold markers: '\s*(:?\[{3}|\]{3})\d?$'."
+                    " Check the README for more details.")
 args = parser.parse_args()
 main(**vars(args))
diff --git a/tests/test_convert.py b/tests/test_convert.py
index 799ce01..3795b32 100644
--- a/tests/test_convert.py
+++ b/tests/test_convert.py
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ def _write_pattern(self, *lines):
             print(line, file=self._outfile)
         print(file=self._outfile)
 
-    def _test(self, text, expected):
+    def _test(self, text, expected, strip_regex=None):
         text = textwrap.dedent(text)
         if isinstance(expected, basestring):
             expected = textwrap.dedent(expected).splitlines()
         self._write_pattern(*expected)
-        res = list(yaml2rst.convert(text.splitlines()))
+        res = list(yaml2rst.convert(text.splitlines(), strip_regex))
         self.assertListEqual(expected, res)
-    
+
     def test_no_text_at_all(self):
         text = """\
         ---
@@ -265,3 +265,22 @@ def test_nested_enumeration(self):
              Some code under list-entry 2
         """
         self._test(text, expected)
+
+    def test_strip_regex(self):
+        text = """\
+        ---
+        # Heading [[[1
+        # =======
+        key: value
+        # ]]]
+        """
+        expected = """\
+        Heading
+        =======
+        ::
+
+          key: value
+
+
+        """
+        self._test(text, expected, '\s*(:?\[{3}|\]{3})\d?$')
diff --git a/yaml2rst.py b/yaml2rst.py
index 9e04b0e..1d6fc05 100644
--- a/yaml2rst.py
+++ b/yaml2rst.py
@@ -92,7 +92,13 @@ def get_indent(line):
     return indent
 
 
-def convert(lines):
+def get_stripped_line(line, strip_regex):
+    if strip_regex:
+        line = re.sub(strip_regex, "", line)
+    return line
+
+
+def convert(lines, strip_regex):
     state = STATE_TEXT
     last_text_line = ''
     last_indent = ''
@@ -104,9 +110,7 @@ def convert(lines):
         elif line.startswith('# ') or line == '#':
             if state != STATE_TEXT:
                 yield ''
-            # Filter out [[[\d and ]]] at the end of a documentation line.
-            # Those sequences can be used for folding sections.
-            line = re.sub(r"\s*(:?\[{3}|\]{3})\d?$", "", line)
+            line = get_stripped_line(line, strip_regex)
             line = last_text_line = line[2:]
             yield line
             last_indent = get_indent(line) * ' '