diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b790f62..047f592 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   - [All options in alphabetical order:](#all-options-in-alphabetical-order)
   - [Exclusions](#exclusions)
   - [Examples](#examples)
+  - [Clarifications](#clarifications)
   - [Custom format](#custom-format)
   - [Requiring](#requiring)
   - [Debugging](#debugging)
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ before.
 -   `--start [filepath]` path of the initial json to look for
 -   `--summary` output a summary of the license usage',
 -   `--unknown` report guessed licenses as unknown licenses.
+-    `--clarificationsFile` A file that describe the license clarifications for each package, see clarificationExample.json, any field available to the customFormat option can be clarified. The clarifications file can also be used to specify a subregion of a package's license file (instead reading the entire file).
 -   `--version` The current version
 -   `--help` The text you are reading right now :)
 
@@ -212,6 +214,28 @@ license-checker-rseidelsohn --excludePackages 'internal-1;internal-2'
 license-checker-rseidelsohn --onlyunknown
 ```
 
+<a name="clarifications"/>
+
+## Clarifications
+
+The `--clarificationsFile` option can be used to provide custom processing instructions on a per-package basis. The format is as so:
+
+```json
+{
+    "package_name@version": {
+        // Any field available in customFormat can be clarified
+        "licenses": "MIT",
+        "licenseFile": "some/path",
+        "licenseText": "The full text of the license to include if you need"
+        // You can optionally add a SH-256 checksum of the license file contents that will be checked on each run. Intended to help detect when projects change their license.
+        "checksum": "deadbeef...",
+        // Add a licenseStart and optional licenseEnd to snip out a substring of the licenseText. The licenseStart will be included in the licenseText, the licenseEnd will not be.
+        "licenseStart": "# MIT License",
+        "licenseEnd": "=========",
+    }
+}
+```
+
 <a name="custom_format"/>
 
 ## Custom format
diff --git a/bin/license-checker-rseidelsohn b/bin/license-checker-rseidelsohn
index 746882e..250b9c2 100755
--- a/bin/license-checker-rseidelsohn
+++ b/bin/license-checker-rseidelsohn
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const usageMessage = [
     '   --start [filepath] path of the initial json to look for',
     '   --summary output a summary of the license usage',
     '   --unknown report guessed licenses as unknown licenses.',
-    '   --clarificationsFile A file that describe the license clarifications for each package, see clarificationExample.json, any field available to the customFormat option can be clarified.',
+    '   --clarificationsFile A file that describe the license clarifications for each package, see clarificationExample.json, any field available to the customFormat option can be clarified. Can also be used to specify a subregion of a package\'s license file (instead reading the entire file).',
     '',
     '   --version The current version',
     '   --help The text you are reading right now :)',
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 4972ca8..fbe72a2 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -248,6 +248,20 @@ const flatten = function flatten(options) {
                                 .trim();
                         }
                     }
+
+                    let start_index;
+                    let end_index;
+                    if (clarification?.licenseStart) {
+                        start_index = moduleInfo.licenseText.indexOf(clarification.licenseStart);
+
+                        if (clarification?.licenseEnd) {
+                            end_index = moduleInfo.licenseText.indexOf(clarification.licenseEnd, start_index);
+                        } else {
+                            end_index = moduleInfo.licenseText.length;
+                        }
+
+                        moduleInfo.licenseText = moduleInfo.licenseText.substring(start_index, end_index);
+                    }
                 }
 
                 if (mustInclude('copyright') && options.customFormat) {
diff --git a/tests/clarificationFile-test.js b/tests/clarificationFile-test.js
index 75cc3ae..559f272 100644
--- a/tests/clarificationFile-test.js
+++ b/tests/clarificationFile-test.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe('clarifications', function() {
 
     it('should exit 1 if the checksum does not match', function(done) {
         let data = "";
-        let license_checker = spawn('node', [path.join(__dirname, '../bin/license-checker-rseidelsohn'), '--start', path.join(__dirname, clarifications_path), '--clarificationsFile', path.join(__dirname, clarifications_path, 'mismatchFile.json')], {
+        let license_checker = spawn('node', [path.join(__dirname, '../bin/license-checker-rseidelsohn'), '--start', path.join(__dirname, clarifications_path), '--clarificationsFile', path.join(__dirname, clarifications_path, 'mismatch/clarification.json')], {
             cwd: path.join(__dirname, '../'),
         });
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ describe('clarifications', function() {
     it('should succeed if no checksum is specified', function(done) {
         let data = "";
 
-        let license_checker = spawn('node', [path.join(__dirname, '../bin/license-checker-rseidelsohn'), '--start', path.join(__dirname, clarifications_path), '--clarificationsFile', path.join(__dirname, clarifications_path, 'noChecksum.json')], {
+        let license_checker = spawn('node', [path.join(__dirname, '../bin/license-checker-rseidelsohn'), '--start', path.join(__dirname, clarifications_path), '--clarificationsFile', path.join(__dirname, clarifications_path, 'example/noChecksum.json')], {
             cwd: path.join(__dirname, '../'),
         });
 
@@ -79,4 +79,64 @@ describe('clarifications', function() {
             done();
         });
     })
+
+    it('should sniip the embedded license out of the README', function(done) {
+        let data = "";
+
+        let license_checker = spawn(
+            'node',
+            [
+                path.join(__dirname, '../bin/license-checker-rseidelsohn'),
+                '--start', path.join(__dirname, clarifications_path),
+                '--clarificationsFile', path.join(__dirname, clarifications_path, 'weirdStart/clarification.json'),
+                '--customPath', path.join(__dirname, clarifications_path, 'weirdStart/customFormat.json')
+            ], {
+            cwd: path.join(__dirname, '../'),
+        });
+
+        license_checker.stdout.on("data", function(stdout) {
+            data += stdout.toString();
+        })
+
+        license_checker.on('exit', function(code) {
+            assert.equal(code, 0);
+            assert.equal(data.includes("README"), true)
+            assert.equal(data.includes("text text text describing the project"), false)
+            assert.equal(data.includes("# LICENSE"), true)
+            assert.equal(data.includes("Standard MIT license"), true)
+            assert.equal(data.includes("# And one more thing..."), false)
+            assert.equal(data.includes("More text AFTER the license because the real world is difficult :("), false)
+            done();
+        });
+    })
+
+    it('should snip the embedded license in the README to the end.', function(done) {
+        let data = "";
+
+        let license_checker = spawn(
+            'node',
+            [
+                path.join(__dirname, '../bin/license-checker-rseidelsohn'),
+                '--start', path.join(__dirname, clarifications_path),
+                '--clarificationsFile', path.join(__dirname, clarifications_path, 'weirdStart/startOnlyClarification.json'),
+                '--customPath', path.join(__dirname, clarifications_path, 'weirdStart/customFormat.json')
+            ], {
+            cwd: path.join(__dirname, '../'),
+        });
+
+        license_checker.stdout.on("data", function(stdout) {
+            data += stdout.toString();
+        })
+
+        license_checker.on('exit', function(code) {
+            assert.equal(code, 0);
+            assert.equal(data.includes("README"), true)
+            assert.equal(data.includes("text text text describing the project"), false)
+            assert.equal(data.includes("# LICENSE"), true)
+            assert.equal(data.includes("Standard MIT license"), true)
+            assert.equal(data.includes("# And one more thing..."), true)
+            assert.equal(data.includes("More text AFTER the license because the real world is difficult :("), true)
+            done();
+        });
+    })
 });
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/clarifications/README b/tests/fixtures/clarifications/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fc5abe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/clarifications/README
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+text text text describing the project
+
+# LICENSE
+
+Standard MIT license
+
+# And one more thing...
+
+More text AFTER the license because the real world is difficult :(
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/clarifications/noChecksum.json b/tests/fixtures/clarifications/example/noChecksum.json
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/fixtures/clarifications/noChecksum.json
rename to tests/fixtures/clarifications/example/noChecksum.json
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/clarifications/MISMATCH_LICENSE b/tests/fixtures/clarifications/mismatch/MISMATCH_LICENSE
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/fixtures/clarifications/MISMATCH_LICENSE
rename to tests/fixtures/clarifications/mismatch/MISMATCH_LICENSE
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/clarifications/mismatchFile.json b/tests/fixtures/clarifications/mismatch/clarification.json
similarity index 76%
rename from tests/fixtures/clarifications/mismatchFile.json
rename to tests/fixtures/clarifications/mismatch/clarification.json
index bedeb8b..cab5e08 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/clarifications/mismatchFile.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/clarifications/mismatch/clarification.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "license-checker-rseidelsohn@0.0.0": {
         "licenses": "MIT",
-        "licenseFile": "MISMATCH_LICENSE",
+        "licenseFile": "mismatch/MISMATCH_LICENSE",
         "checksum": "71eb00f862028a6d940c742dfa96e8f5116823cc5be0b7fb4a640072d2080186"
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/clarifications/weirdStart/clarification.json b/tests/fixtures/clarifications/weirdStart/clarification.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e949b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/clarifications/weirdStart/clarification.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "license-checker-rseidelsohn@0.0.0": {
+        "licenses": "MIT",
+        "licenseStart": "# LICENSE",
+        "licenseEnd": "# And one more thing..."
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/clarifications/weirdStart/customFormat.json b/tests/fixtures/clarifications/weirdStart/customFormat.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..938708b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/clarifications/weirdStart/customFormat.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "licenses": true,
+    "licenseText": true,
+    "name": false,
+    "version": false,
+    "description": false,
+    "copyright": false,
+    "licenseFile": true,
+    "licenseModified": false,
+    "publisher": false,
+    "email": false,
+    "path": false
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/clarifications/weirdStart/startOnlyClarification.json b/tests/fixtures/clarifications/weirdStart/startOnlyClarification.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be4c6d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/clarifications/weirdStart/startOnlyClarification.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "license-checker-rseidelsohn@0.0.0": {
+        "licenses": "MIT",
+        "licenseStart": "# LICENSE"
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file