diff --git a/lib/App/Changelord/Command/Print.pm b/lib/App/Changelord/Command/Print.pm
index ba6b240..54b586e 100644
--- a/lib/App/Changelord/Command/Print.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Changelord/Command/Print.pm
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ use CLI::Osprey
 Render the full changelog. The default is to render the changelog
 in markdow, but the option C<--json> can be used to have a JSON
 version instead.
+
+To generate the changelog without the NEXT release, uses the
+C<--no-next> option.
 END
 
 with 'App::Changelord::Role::Changelog';
@@ -21,9 +24,16 @@ option json => (
     doc => 'output schema as json',
 );
 
+option next => (
+    is => 'ro',
+    default => 1,
+    negatable => 1,
+    doc => 'include the NEXT release. Defaults to true.',
+);
+
 sub run($self) {
     no warnings 'utf8';
-    print $self->as_markdown;
+    print $self->as_markdown( $self->next );
 }
 
 'end of App::Changelog::Command::Print';
diff --git a/lib/App/Changelord/Role/Render.pm b/lib/App/Changelord/Role/Render.pm
index 75d22ee..da1a68b 100644
--- a/lib/App/Changelord/Role/Render.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Changelord/Role/Render.pm
@@ -40,14 +40,18 @@ sub render_refs ( $self, %links ) {
     return $output . "\n";
 }
 
-sub as_markdown ($self) {
+sub as_markdown ($self, $with_next = 1) {
     my $changelog = $self->changelog;
 
     my $output = $self->render_header;
 
     my $n = 0;
     $output .= join "\n",
-      map { $self->render_release( $_, $n++ ) } $changelog->{releases}->@*;
+      map { $self->render_release( $_, $n++ ) }
+      grep {
+          $with_next ? 1 : ( $_->{version} && $_->version ne 'NEXT' )
+      }
+      $changelog->{releases}->@*;
 
     return $output;
 }