diff --git a/layouts/sitemap.xml b/layouts/sitemap.xml
index 7fdcc504..9f6c6ae1 100644
--- a/layouts/sitemap.xml
+++ b/layouts/sitemap.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {{ printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"yes\" ?>" | safeHTML }}
 <urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
   xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
-  {{ range .Data.Pages }}
+  {{ range .Data.Pages }}{{ if ne .Params.offTheRecord true }}
   <url>
     <loc>{{ .Permalink }}</loc>{{ if not .Lastmod.IsZero }}
     <lastmod>{{ safeHTML ( .Lastmod.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05-07:00" ) }}</lastmod>{{ end }}{{ with .Sitemap.ChangeFreq }}
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@
                 href="{{ .Permalink }}"
                 />{{ end }}
   </url>
-  {{ end }}
+  {{ end }}{{ end }}
 </urlset>
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