diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 5dfaa0086..887e4f604 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ Added
 - New `:click-element` command to fake a click on a element.
 - New `:debug-log-filter` command to change console log filtering on-the-fly.
 - New `:debug-log-level` command to change the console loglevel on-the-fly.
+- New `general -> yank-ignored-url-parameters` option to configure which URL
+  parameters (like `utm_source` etc.) to strip off when yanking an URL.
 
 Changed
 ~~~~~~~
diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 9aa59705e..53796e412 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -168,11 +168,11 @@ Contributors, sorted by the number of commits in descending order:
 * Jimmy
 * Niklas Haas
 * Alexey "Averrin" Nabrodov
+* nanjekyejoannah
 * avk
 * ZDarian
 * Milan Svoboda
 * John ShaggyTwoDope Jenkins
-* nanjekyejoannah
 * Peter Vilim
 * Clayton Craft
 * Oliver Caldwell
diff --git a/doc/help/settings.asciidoc b/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
index 6f4d58868..6c430ae49 100644
--- a/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 |Setting|Description
 |<<general-ignore-case,ignore-case>>|Whether to find text on a page case-insensitively.
 |<<general-startpage,startpage>>|The default page(s) to open at the start, separated by commas.
+|<<general-yank-ignored-url-parameters,yank-ignored-url-parameters>>|The URL parameters to strip with :yank url, separated by commas.
 |<<general-default-page,default-page>>|The page to open if :open -t/-b/-w is used without URL. Use `about:blank` for a blank page.
 |<<general-auto-search,auto-search>>|Whether to start a search when something else than a URL is entered.
 |<<general-auto-save-config,auto-save-config>>|Whether to save the config automatically on quit.
@@ -309,6 +310,12 @@ The default page(s) to open at the start, separated by commas.
 
 Default: +pass:[https://duckduckgo.com]+
 
+[[general-yank-ignored-url-parameters]]
+=== yank-ignored-url-parameters
+The URL parameters to strip with :yank url, separated by commas.
+
+Default: +pass:[ref,utm_source,utm_medium,utm_campaign,utm_term,utm_content]+
+
 [[general-default-page]]
 === default-page
 The page to open if :open -t/-b/-w is used without URL. Use `about:blank` for a blank page.
diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py
index d54e3a981..b5054d75c 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py
@@ -140,10 +140,11 @@ def data(readonly=False):
              "The default page(s) to open at the start, separated by commas."),
 
             ('yank-ignored-url-parameters',
-             SettingValue(typ.List(typ.String()), 'ref,utm_source,'
-            'utm_medium,utm_campaign,utm_term,utm_content'),
-            "The default parameters to strip on yank,"
-            " separated by commas."),
+             SettingValue(typ.List(typ.String()),
+                          'ref,utm_source,utm_medium,utm_campaign,utm_term,'
+                          'utm_content'),
+            "The URL parameters to strip with :yank url, separated by "
+            "commas."),
 
             ('default-page',
              SettingValue(typ.FuzzyUrl(), '${startpage}'),