diff --git a/models/RoutesParser.cfc b/models/RoutesParser.cfc
index cc1c6a5..6d6dc01 100644
--- a/models/RoutesParser.cfc
+++ b/models/RoutesParser.cfc
@@ -284,6 +284,21 @@ component accessors="true" threadsafe singleton {
 			for ( var methodList in actions ) {
 				// handle any delimited method lists
 				for ( var methodName in listToArray( methodList ) ) {
+					//
+					// If we have handler component metadata (when do we expect it to be null?),
+					// and we have function metadata (when do we expect it to be null?),
+					// and there is an appropriate annotation on the function from that function's metadata,
+					// then do not expose this function to swagger docs.
+					//
+					if ( !isNull( arguments.handlerMetadata ) ) {
+						var functionMetadata = getFunctionMetadata( handlerMetadata = arguments.handlerMetadata, functionName = lCase( actions[ methodName ] ) );
+						if ( !isNull( functionMetadata ) ) {
+							if ( !isDocumentationEnabled( functionMetadata = functionMetadata ) ) {
+								continue;
+							}
+						}
+					}
+
 					// method not in error methods
 					if ( !arrayFindNoCase( errorMethods, actions[ methodList ] ) ) {
 						// Create new path template
@@ -324,6 +339,11 @@ component accessors="true" threadsafe singleton {
 			}
 		}
 
+		if ( structIsEmpty( path ) ) {
+			// if we skipped over every possible verb, there's nothing to place into swagger docs for this route
+			return;
+		}
+
 		// Strip out any typing placeholders in routes
 		var pathSegments = listToArray( arguments.pathKey, "/" );
 		var typingParams = [ "numeric", "alpha", "regex:" ];
@@ -592,6 +612,23 @@ component accessors="true" threadsafe singleton {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	* return true if the supplied metadata represents a function that has NOT been explicitly marked as disabled
+	*/
+	private boolean function isDocumentationEnabled( required struct functionMetadata ) {
+		//
+		// function foo() {}                 <-- no attr, documentation is enabled (depending on module config)
+		// function foo() cbSwagger {}       <-- has attr with no value, documentation is enabled (depending on module config)
+		// function foo() cbSwagger=true {}  <-- has attr, with truthy value, documentation is enabled (depending on module config)
+		// function foo() cbSwagger=false {} <-- has attr, with falsy value, documentation is disabled (overrides module config)
+		// function foo() cbSwagger=xyz {}   <-- has attr, with non-booleanish value, which we consider falsy, documentation is disabled (overrides module config)
+		//
+		return !structKeyExists( functionMetadata, "cbSwagger" )
+			? true // there is no `cbSwagger` attribute, so the default is to assume true.
+			// booleanish test first, to handle docbloc attrs that have no associated value being assigned `true` values
+			: (isValid("boolean", functionMetadata.cbSwagger) && functionMetadata.cbSwagger) || len( functionMetadata.cbSwagger ) == 0;
+	}
+
 	private void function appendConventionSamples(
 		required string type,
 		required any methodName,
diff --git a/test-harness/config/Router.cfc b/test-harness/config/Router.cfc
index 2fe2d46..379b1ae 100755
--- a/test-harness/config/Router.cfc
+++ b/test-harness/config/Router.cfc
@@ -54,6 +54,24 @@ component{
 			action=defaultAPIActions
 		);
 
+		// Would be included in docs, but function def has @noCbSwagger attribute
+		addRoute(
+			pattern='/api/v1/noCbSwagger',
+			handler='api.v1.Users',
+			action={
+				"GET": "sharedRouteDifferentHTTPMethods_get_shouldNotBeExposed",
+				"POST": "sharedRouteDifferentHTTPMethods_post_shouldBeExposed"
+			}
+		);
+
+		addRoute(
+			pattern='/api/v1/noCbSwagger2',
+			handler='api.v1.Users',
+			action = {
+				"GET": "loneRoute_get_shouldNotBeExposed"
+			}
+		);
+
 		// @app_routes@
 
 		// Conventions-Based Routing
diff --git a/test-harness/handlers/api/v1/Users.cfc b/test-harness/handlers/api/v1/Users.cfc
index 164225b..3792290 100755
--- a/test-harness/handlers/api/v1/Users.cfc
+++ b/test-harness/handlers/api/v1/Users.cfc
@@ -78,4 +78,15 @@ component displayname="API.v1.Users" {
 		};
 	}
 
+	/**
+	* @cbSwagger false
+	*/
+	function sharedRouteDifferentHTTPMethods_get_shouldNotBeExposed() {}
+	function sharedRouteDifferentHTTPMethods_post_shouldBeExposed() {}
+
+	/**
+	* @cbSwagger false
+	*/
+	function loneRoute_get_shouldNotBeExposed() {}
+
 }
diff --git a/test-harness/tests/specs/RoutesParserTest.cfc b/test-harness/tests/specs/RoutesParserTest.cfc
index 2c1e3cd..aea56d5 100644
--- a/test-harness/tests/specs/RoutesParserTest.cfc
+++ b/test-harness/tests/specs/RoutesParserTest.cfc
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ component
 
 				expect( isJSON( APIDoc.asJSON() ) ).toBeTrue();
 
+				expect( NormalizedDoc.paths["/api/v1/noCbSwagger"] ).toHaveKey( "post", "post function marked cbSwagger=false" );
+				expect( NormalizedDoc.paths["/api/v1/noCbSwagger"] ).notToHaveKey( "get", "get function was not marked cbSwagger=false" );
+				expect( NormalizedDoc.paths ).notToHaveKey( "/api/v1/noCbSwagger2", "the lone function handling this was marked cbSwagger=false" );
+
 				variables.APIDoc = APIDoc;
 			} );
 
@@ -128,17 +132,30 @@ component
 
 				expect( arrayLen( CBRoutes ) ).toBeGT( 0 );
 
+				// in cases where we are testing that some route does not end up in the docs,
+				// we want to ensure we DO see that the route exists, and consequently that its absence from the docs
+				// is due to an intentional exclusion of a route that positively exists. 
+				var requireTheseRoutesExistWithoutDocs = {"/api/v1/noCbSwagger2": 1}
+
 				// Tests that all of our configured paths exist
 				for ( var routePrefix in apiPrefixes ) {
 					for ( var route in cbRoutes ) {
 						if ( left( route.pattern, len( routePrefix ) ) == routePrefix ) {
 							var translatedPath = swaggerUtil.translatePath( route.pattern );
 							if ( !len( route.moduleRouting ) ) {
-								expect( normalizedDoc[ "paths" ] ).toHaveKey( translatedPath );
+								if ( structKeyExists(requireTheseRoutesExistWithoutDocs, translatedPath) ) {
+									expect( normalizedDoc[ "paths" ] ).notToHaveKey( translatedPath, "expected to have discarded this route from the docs" );
+									structDelete( requireTheseRoutesExistWithoutDocs, translatedPath )
+								}
+								else {
+									expect( normalizedDoc[ "paths" ] ).toHaveKey( translatedPath );
+								}
 							}
 						}
 					}
 				}
+
+				expect( requireTheseRoutesExistWithoutDocs ).toBeEmpty( "all routes expected to not have docs were seen" );
 			} );
 
 			it( "Tests the API Document for module introspection", function(){