diff --git a/src/app/docs/model.html b/src/app/docs/model.html
index 84f9803b1..2d09752d1 100644
--- a/src/app/docs/model.html
+++ b/src/app/docs/model.html
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
     <div class="app-links app-sticky">
         <div class="app-title">
             <div class="app-frame app-pad app-flush-bottom">
+                <h1 ng-if="model.docs.show === false">
+                    <small class='text-bold text-right'>
+                        <i data-icon="eye"></i>
+                        This model is hidden
+                    </small>
+                </h1>
                 <h1>
                     <span class="break">{{ model.name }}</span>
                     <small>{{ model.config.materialized }}</small>
diff --git a/src/app/docs/seed.html b/src/app/docs/seed.html
index b2f153de5..4bd26987d 100644
--- a/src/app/docs/seed.html
+++ b/src/app/docs/seed.html
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
     <div class="app-links app-sticky">
         <div class="app-title">
             <div class="app-frame app-pad app-flush-bottom">
+                <h1 ng-if="model.docs.show === false">
+                    <small class='text-bold text-right'>
+                        <i data-icon="eye"></i>
+                        This {{ model.resource_type }} is hidden
+                    </small>
+                </h1>
                 <h1>
                     <span class="break">{{ model.name }}</span>
                     <small>{{ model.config.materialized }}</small>
diff --git a/src/app/docs/snapshot.html b/src/app/docs/snapshot.html
index 8abdc0831..3fb1923ff 100644
--- a/src/app/docs/snapshot.html
+++ b/src/app/docs/snapshot.html
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
     <div class="app-links app-sticky">
         <div class="app-title">
             <div class="app-frame app-pad app-flush-bottom">
+                <h1 ng-if="model.docs.show === false">
+                    <small class='text-bold text-right'>
+                        <i data-icon="eye"></i>
+                        This {{ model.resource_type }} is hidden
+                    </small>
+                </h1>
                 <h1>
                     <span class="break">{{ model.name }}</span>
                     <small>{{ model.config.materialized }}</small>
diff --git a/src/app/services/graph.service.js b/src/app/services/graph.service.js
index 157b63700..8f6d4cf68 100644
--- a/src/app/services/graph.service.js
+++ b/src/app/services/graph.service.js
@@ -195,7 +195,14 @@ angular
                     style: {
                         'background-color': '#919599',
                     }
-                }
+                },
+                {
+                    selector: 'node[hidden=1]',
+                    style: {
+                        'background-color': '#919599',
+                        'background-opacity': 0.5,
+                    }
+                },
             ],
             ready: function(e) {
                 console.log("graph ready");
@@ -269,6 +276,7 @@ angular
         _.each(service.graph.elements, function(el) {
             el.data['display'] = 'none';
             el.data['selected'] = 0;
+            el.data['hidden'] = 0;
             el.classes = classes;
         });
 
@@ -279,6 +287,10 @@ angular
             if (highlight && _.includes(highlight, el.data.unique_id)) {
                 el.data['selected'] = 1;
             }
+
+            if (el.data.docs && el.data.docs.show === false) {
+                el.data['hidden'] = 1;
+            }
         });
         service.graph.elements = _.filter(elements, function(e) { return e.data.display == 'element'});
 
diff --git a/src/app/services/project_service.js b/src/app/services/project_service.js
index e2f821d25..dc141b8ce 100644
--- a/src/app/services/project_service.js
+++ b/src/app/services/project_service.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 
 const angular = require('angular');
 const $ = require('jquery');
-const _ = require('underscore');
 
 import merge from 'deepmerge';
 
@@ -476,9 +475,12 @@ angular
         var macros = macros || [];
 
         _.each(nodes.concat(macros), function(node) {
+            var show = _.get(node, ['docs', 'show'], true);
             if (node.resource_type == 'source') {
                 // no sources in the model tree, sorry
                 return;
+            } else if (!show) {
+                return;
             }
 
             if (node.original_file_path.indexOf("\\") != -1) {
@@ -530,7 +532,10 @@ angular
 
         var databases = {};
         var tree_nodes = _.select(nodes, function(node) {
-            if (_.indexOf(['source', 'snapshot', 'seed'], node.resource_type) != -1) {
+            var show = _.get(node, ['docs', 'show'], true);
+            if (!show) { 
+                return false;
+            } else if (_.indexOf(['source', 'snapshot', 'seed'], node.resource_type) != -1) {
                 return true;
             } else if (node.resource_type == 'model') {
                 return node.config.materialized != 'ephemeral';