diff --git a/diff.go b/diff.go
index eaa91ead..e944b306 100644
--- a/diff.go
+++ b/diff.go
@@ -7,20 +7,22 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/aryann/difflib"
 	"github.com/mgutz/ansi"
+
+	"github.com/databus23/helm-diff/manifest"
 )
 
-func diffManifests(oldIndex, newIndex map[string]string, to io.Writer) {
+func diffManifests(oldIndex, newIndex map[string]*manifest.MappingResult, suppressedKinds []string, to io.Writer) {
 	for key, oldContent := range oldIndex {
 		if newContent, ok := newIndex[key]; ok {
-			if oldContent != newContent {
+			if oldContent.Content != newContent.Content {
 				// modified
 				fmt.Fprintf(to, ansi.Color("%s has changed:", "yellow")+"\n", key)
-				printDiff(oldContent, newContent, to)
+				printDiff(suppressedKinds, oldContent.Kind, oldContent.Content, newContent.Content, to)
 			}
 		} else {
 			// removed
 			fmt.Fprintf(to, ansi.Color("%s has been removed:", "yellow")+"\n", key)
-			printDiff(oldContent, "", to)
+			printDiff(suppressedKinds, oldContent.Kind, oldContent.Content, "", to)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -28,14 +30,22 @@ func diffManifests(oldIndex, newIndex map[string]string, to io.Writer) {
 		if _, ok := oldIndex[key]; !ok {
 			// added
 			fmt.Fprintf(to, ansi.Color("%s has been added:", "yellow")+"\n", key)
-			printDiff("", newContent, to)
+			printDiff(suppressedKinds, newContent.Kind, "", newContent.Content, to)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-func printDiff(before, after string, to io.Writer) {
+func printDiff(suppressedKinds []string, kind, before, after string, to io.Writer) {
 	diffs := difflib.Diff(strings.Split(before, "\n"), strings.Split(after, "\n"))
 
+	for _, ckind := range suppressedKinds {
+		if ckind == kind {
+			str := fmt.Sprintf("+ Changes suppressed on sensitive content of type %s\n", kind)
+			fmt.Fprintf(to, ansi.Color(str, "yellow"))
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	for _, diff := range diffs {
 		text := diff.Payload
 
@@ -48,5 +58,4 @@ func printDiff(before, after string, to io.Writer) {
 			fmt.Fprintf(to, "%s\n", "  "+text)
 		}
 	}
-
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index cc0beb60..c9b98f2e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -19,21 +19,20 @@ This can be used visualize what changes a helm upgrade will
 perform.
 `
 
-var Version string = "HEAD"
+// Version identifier populated via the CI/CD process.
+var Version = "HEAD"
 
 type diffCmd struct {
-	release string
-	chart   string
-	//	out     io.Writer
-	client helm.Interface
-	//	version int32
-	valueFiles  valueFiles
-	values      []string
-	reuseValues bool
+	release         string
+	chart           string
+	client          helm.Interface
+	valueFiles      valueFiles
+	values          []string
+	reuseValues     bool
+	suppressedKinds []string
 }
 
 func main() {
-
 	diff := diffCmd{}
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
@@ -45,10 +44,15 @@ func main() {
 				fmt.Println(Version)
 				return nil
 			}
+
 			if err := checkArgsLength(len(args), "release name", "chart path"); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
+			if q, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("suppress-secrets"); q {
+				diff.suppressedKinds = append(diff.suppressedKinds, "Secret")
+			}
+
 			diff.release = args[0]
 			diff.chart = args[1]
 			if diff.client == nil {
@@ -60,9 +64,11 @@ func main() {
 
 	f := cmd.Flags()
 	f.BoolP("version", "v", false, "show version")
+	f.BoolP("suppress-secrets", "q", false, "suppress secrets in the output")
 	f.VarP(&diff.valueFiles, "values", "f", "specify values in a YAML file (can specify multiple)")
 	f.StringArrayVar(&diff.values, "set", []string{}, "set values on the command line (can specify multiple or separate values with commas: key1=val1,key2=val2)")
 	f.BoolVar(&diff.reuseValues, "reuse-values", false, "reuse the last release's values and merge in any new values")
+	f.StringArrayVar(&diff.suppressedKinds, "suppress", []string{}, "allows suppression of the values listed in the diff output")
 
 	if err := cmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		os.Exit(1)
@@ -100,7 +106,7 @@ func (d *diffCmd) run() error {
 	currentSpecs := manifest.Parse(releaseResponse.Release.Manifest)
 	newSpecs := manifest.Parse(upgradeResponse.Release.Manifest)
 
-	diffManifests(currentSpecs, newSpecs, os.Stdout)
+	diffManifests(currentSpecs, newSpecs, d.suppressedKinds, os.Stdout)
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/manifest/parse.go b/manifest/parse.go
index d8ce6eda..b513fa00 100644
--- a/manifest/parse.go
+++ b/manifest/parse.go
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ import (
 
 var yamlSeperator = []byte("\n---\n")
 
+type MappingResult struct {
+	Name string
+	Kind string
+	Content string
+}
+
 type metadata struct {
 	ApiVersion string `yaml:"apiVersion"`
 	Kind       string
@@ -47,7 +53,7 @@ func splitSpec(token string) (string, string) {
 	return "", ""
 }
 
-func Parse(manifest string) map[string]string {
+func Parse(manifest string) map[string]*MappingResult {
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(strings.NewReader(manifest))
 	scanner.Split(scanYamlSpecs)
 	//Allow for tokens (specs) up to 1M in size
@@ -55,7 +61,7 @@ func Parse(manifest string) map[string]string {
 	//Discard the first result, we only care about everything after the first seperator
 	scanner.Scan()
 
-	result := make(map[string]string)
+	result := make(map[string]*MappingResult)
 
 	for scanner.Scan() {
 		content := scanner.Text()
@@ -70,7 +76,11 @@ func Parse(manifest string) map[string]string {
 		if _, ok := result[name]; ok {
 			log.Println("Error: Found duplicate key %#v in manifest", name)
 		} else {
-			result[name] = content
+			result[name] = &MappingResult{
+				Name: name,
+				Kind: metadata.Kind,
+				Content: content,
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return result