diff --git a/src/modules/core.js b/src/modules/core.js
index 50479055..69837ef5 100644
--- a/src/modules/core.js
+++ b/src/modules/core.js
@@ -604,10 +604,10 @@
 
 			/**
 			 * Modifies a page's content
-			 * TODO the property name "contents" is quite silly, because people used to the MediaWiki API are gonna write "text"
 			 *
+			 * @todo the property name "contents" is quite silly, because people used to the MediaWiki API are gonna write "text"
 			 * @param {string} pagename The page to be modified, namespace included
-			 * @param {Object} options Object with properties:
+			 * @param {Object} options Object with properties ('contents' is required, others are optional):
 			 *                          contents: {string} the text to add to/replace the page,
 			 *                          summary: {string} edit summary, will have the edit summary ad at the end,
 			 *                          createonly: {bool} set to true to only edit the page if it doesn't exist,
@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@
 			 *                          hide: {bool} Set to true to supress logging in statusWindow
 			 *                          statusText: {string} message to show in status; default: "Editing"
 			 *                          followRedirects: {boolean} true to follow redirects, false to ignore redirects
+			 *                          watchlist: {string} 'nochange', 'preferences', 'unwatch', or 'watch'
 			 * @return {jQuery.Deferred} Resolves if saved with all data
 			 */
 			editPage: function ( pagename, options ) {
@@ -652,6 +653,12 @@
 					request.minor = 'true';
 				}
 
+				if ( [ 'nochange', 'preferences', 'unwatch', 'watch' ].includes( options.watchlist ) ) {
+					request.watchlist = options.watchlist;
+				} else if ( AFCH.prefs.noWatch ) {
+					request.watchlist = 'nochange';
+				}
+
 				// Depending on mode, set appendtext=text or prependtext=text,
 				// which overrides the default text option
 				if ( options.mode ) {
@@ -737,6 +744,10 @@
 					reason: reason + AFCH.consts.summaryAd
 				}, additionalParameters );
 
+				if ( AFCH.prefs.noWatch ) {
+					request.watchlist = 'nochange';
+				}
+
 				if ( AFCH.consts.mockItUp ) {
 					AFCH.log( request );
 					deferred.resolve( { to: newTitle } );
@@ -1216,7 +1227,8 @@
 				autoOpen: false,
 				logCsd: true,
 				launchLinkPosition: 'p-cactions',
-				logAfc: false
+				logAfc: false,
+				noWatch: false
 			};
 
 			/**
diff --git a/src/modules/submissions.js b/src/modules/submissions.js
index b3bdfa41..532f710a 100644
--- a/src/modules/submissions.js
+++ b/src/modules/submissions.js
@@ -2361,7 +2361,8 @@
 
 						recentPage.edit( {
 							contents: newRecentText,
-							summary: 'Adding [[' + newPage + ']] to list of recent AfC creations'
+							summary: 'Adding [[' + newPage + ']] to list of recent AfC creations',
+							watchlist: 'nochange'
 						} );
 					} );
 
diff --git a/src/templates/tpl-preferences.html b/src/templates/tpl-preferences.html
index 589b694f..55c16ccf 100644
--- a/src/templates/tpl-preferences.html
+++ b/src/templates/tpl-preferences.html
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 		<label for="logAfc" class="afch-label">Log acceptances, declines, and rejects</label>
 		<input type="checkbox" id="logAfc" class="afch-input" {{#logAfc}}checked{{/logAfc}} />
 	</div>
+	<div id="noWatchWrapper">
+		<label for="noWatch" class="afch-label">Do not add pages to watchlist</label>
+		<input type="checkbox" id="noWatch" class="afch-input" {{#noWatch}}checked{{/noWatch}} />
+	</div>
 </div>
 <!-- /preferences -->