diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9e43f577..9fcabc43 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Multilingual support
 - Right-to-left (RTL) language support
 - Performance and Accessibility improvements to achieve perfect Lighthouse scores
+- Author `headline` parameter
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/config/_default/languages.en.toml b/config/_default/languages.en.toml
index c3a596fa..02f89f41 100644
--- a/config/_default/languages.en.toml
+++ b/config/_default/languages.en.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ dateFormat = "2 January 2006"
 [author]
   # name = "Your name here"
   # image = "img/author.jpg"
+  # headline = "I'm only human"
   # bio = "A little bit about you"
   # links = [
   #   { email = "mailto:hello@your_domain.com" },
diff --git a/exampleSite/config/_default/languages.en.toml b/exampleSite/config/_default/languages.en.toml
index bb6b9d07..a3beb1bd 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config/_default/languages.en.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config/_default/languages.en.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ dateFormat = "2 January 2006"
 [author]
   name = "Congo"
   image = "author.jpg"
+  # headline = ""
   bio = "This is an example author bio, and although there's a stock photo of a dog here, this article was actually created by a human. :dog:"
   links = [
     { twitter = "https://twitter.com/" },
diff --git a/layouts/partials/home/profile.html b/layouts/partials/home/profile.html
index ffa765fc..18299f48 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/home/profile.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/home/profile.html
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
     <h1 class="text-4xl font-extrabold">
       {{ .Site.Author.name | default .Site.Title }}
     </h1>
+    {{ with .Site.Author.headline }}
+      <h2 class="text-xl text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400">
+        {{ . }}
+      </h2>
+    {{ end }}
     <div class="mt-1 text-2xl">
       {{ partialCached "author-links.html" . }}
     </div>