diff --git a/commands/gendoc.go b/commands/gendoc.go
index 8312191f..6d03aabc 100644
--- a/commands/gendoc.go
+++ b/commands/gendoc.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/helpers"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugofs"
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ type genDocCmd struct {
 
 func newGenDocCmd() *genDocCmd {
 	const gendocFrontmatterTemplate = `---
-date: %s
 title: "%s"
 slug: %s
 url: %s
@@ -57,6 +55,12 @@ It creates one Markdown file per command with front matter suitable
 for rendering in Hugo.`,
 
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			cmd.VisitParents(func(c *cobra.Command) {
+				// Disable the "Auto generated by spf13/cobra on DATE"
+				// as it creates a lot of diffs.
+				c.DisableAutoGenTag = true
+			})
+
 			if !strings.HasSuffix(cc.gendocdir, helpers.FilePathSeparator) {
 				cc.gendocdir += helpers.FilePathSeparator
 			}
@@ -66,19 +70,17 @@ for rendering in Hugo.`,
 					return err
 				}
 			}
-			now := time.Now().Format("2006-01-02")
 			prepender := func(filename string) string {
 				name := filepath.Base(filename)
 				base := strings.TrimSuffix(name, path.Ext(name))
 				url := "/commands/" + strings.ToLower(base) + "/"
-				return fmt.Sprintf(gendocFrontmatterTemplate, now, strings.Replace(base, "_", " ", -1), base, url)
+				return fmt.Sprintf(gendocFrontmatterTemplate, strings.Replace(base, "_", " ", -1), base, url)
 			}
 
 			linkHandler := func(name string) string {
 				base := strings.TrimSuffix(name, path.Ext(name))
 				return "/commands/" + strings.ToLower(base) + "/"
 			}
-
 			jww.FEEDBACK.Println("Generating Hugo command-line documentation in", cc.gendocdir, "...")
 			doc.GenMarkdownTreeCustom(cmd.Root(), cc.gendocdir, prepender, linkHandler)
 			jww.FEEDBACK.Println("Done.")