diff --git a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 50550a3..7a90cb6 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ class Configuration implements ConfigurationInterface
             ->root('nelmio_api_doc')
             ->children()
                 ->scalarNode('name')->defaultValue('API documentation')->end()
+                ->arrayNode('motd')
+                    ->addDefaultsIfNotSet()
+                    ->children()
+                        ->scalarNode('template')->defaultValue('NelmioApiDocBundle::Components/motd.html.twig')->end()
+                    ->end()
+                ->end()
                 ->arrayNode('request_listener')
                     ->beforeNormalization()
                         ->ifTrue(function ($a) { return is_bool($a); })
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/NelmioApiDocExtension.php b/DependencyInjection/NelmioApiDocExtension.php
index 2718679..ce10263 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/NelmioApiDocExtension.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/NelmioApiDocExtension.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class NelmioApiDocExtension extends Extension
         $configuration = new Configuration();
         $config = $processor->processConfiguration($configuration, $configs);
 
+        $container->setParameter('nelmio_api_doc.motd.template', $config['motd']['template']);
         $container->setParameter('nelmio_api_doc.api_name', $config['name']);
         $container->setParameter('nelmio_api_doc.sandbox.enabled',  $config['sandbox']['enabled']);
         $container->setParameter('nelmio_api_doc.sandbox.endpoint', $config['sandbox']['endpoint']);
diff --git a/Formatter/HtmlFormatter.php b/Formatter/HtmlFormatter.php
index 9d5449f..d4520fc 100644
--- a/Formatter/HtmlFormatter.php
+++ b/Formatter/HtmlFormatter.php
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ class HtmlFormatter extends AbstractFormatter
      */
     private $authentication;
 
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $motdTemplate;
+
     /**
      * @param array $authentication
      */
@@ -119,6 +124,22 @@ class HtmlFormatter extends AbstractFormatter
         $this->defaultRequestFormat = $format;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param string $motdTemplate
+     */
+    public function setMotdTemplate($motdTemplate)
+    {
+        $this->motdTemplate = $motdTemplate;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getMotdTemplate()
+    {
+        return $this->motdTemplate;
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
@@ -162,6 +183,7 @@ class HtmlFormatter extends AbstractFormatter
             'date'                 => date(DATE_RFC822),
             'css'                  => file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../Resources/public/css/screen.css'),
             'js'                   => file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../Resources/public/js/all.js'),
+            'motdTemplate'         => $this->motdTemplate
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/Resources/config/formatters.xml b/Resources/config/formatters.xml
index 98f29c5..8a21d80 100644
--- a/Resources/config/formatters.xml
+++ b/Resources/config/formatters.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
             <call method="setTemplatingEngine">
                 <argument type="service" id="templating" />
             </call>
+            <call method="setMotdTemplate">
+                <argument>%nelmio_api_doc.motd.template%</argument>
+            </call>
             <call method="setApiName">
                 <argument>%nelmio_api_doc.api_name%</argument>
             </call>
diff --git a/Resources/views/Components/motd.html.twig b/Resources/views/Components/motd.html.twig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db686d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/views/Components/motd.html.twig
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<p id="colophon">
+    Documentation auto-generated on {{ date }}
+</p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Resources/views/layout.html.twig b/Resources/views/layout.html.twig
index 967c105..6f2c29d 100644
--- a/Resources/views/layout.html.twig
+++ b/Resources/views/layout.html.twig
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
             </div>
             <br style="clear: both;" />
         </div>
+        {% include motdTemplate %}
         <div class="container" id="resources_container">
             <ul id="resources">
                 {% block content %}{% endblock %}