diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c19ed12..a4f2168 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,3 +7,14 @@ the files in my Hugo site's root directory.
 This is the theme used on [my website](https://revsuine.xyz/). You can see the website source
 [here](https://git.revsuine.xyz/revsuine/revsuine.xyz).
 
+## Configuration
+
+The same as [upstream](https://github.com/panr/hugo-theme-terminal?tab=readme-ov-file#how-to-configure), with the
+following changes:
+
+```ini
+[params]
+  # whether to show a page's word count
+  showWordCount = true
+```
+
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 676b198..8ec4839 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
       <span class="post-author">{{ . }}</span>
     {{- end -}}
     {{- if and (.Param "readingTime") (eq (.Param "readingTime") true) -}}
-      <span class="post-reading-time">{{ .ReadingTime }} {{ $.Site.Params.minuteReadingTime | default "min read" }} ({{ .WordCount }} {{ $.Site.Params.words | default "words" }})</span>
+      <span class="post-reading-time">{{ .ReadingTime }} {{ $.Site.Params.minuteReadingTime | default "min read" }}</span>
+    {{- end -}}
+    {{- if and (.Param "showWordCount") (eq (.Param "readingTime") true) -}}
+        <span class="post-word-count">{{ .WordCount }} {{ $.Site.Params.words | default "words" }}</span>
     {{- end -}}
   </div>