diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0d236cf..3ae3bd5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ urlpatterns = (
 
 ### Parameters in file names
 
-You can standard Python string formatting in `distill_file` as well to enable
+You can use standard Python string formatting in `distill_file` as well to enable
 you to change the output file path for a file if you wish. Note this does not
 update the URL used by Django so if you use this make sure your `path` pattern
 matches the `distill_file` pattern or your links might not work in Django. An
@@ -322,6 +322,11 @@ to update most of them, and you don't care if old files remain on the server.
 `--parallel-publish [number of threads]`: Publish files in parallel on multiple
 threads, this can speed up publishing. Defaults to `1` thread.
 
+`--generate-redirects`: Attempt to generate static redirects stored in the
+`django.contrib.redirects` app. If you have a redirect from `/old/` to `/new/` using
+this flag will create a static HTML `<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="...">`
+style redirect at `/old/index.html` to `/new/`.
+
 **Note** that this means if you use `--force` and `--quiet` that the output
 directory will have all files not part of the site export deleted without any
 confirmation.
diff --git a/django_distill/management/commands/distill-local.py b/django_distill/management/commands/distill-local.py
index 9b51d88..06d1cb2 100644
--- a/django_distill/management/commands/distill-local.py
+++ b/django_distill/management/commands/distill-local.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
             raise CommandError(str(err)) from err
         stdout('')
         if generate_redirects:
-            stdout('Generating redirects...')
+            stdout('Generating redirects')
             render_redirects(output_dir, stdout)
             stdout('')
         stdout('Site generation complete.')
diff --git a/django_distill/management/commands/distill-publish.py b/django_distill/management/commands/distill-publish.py
index f336d9d..f0349bb 100644
--- a/django_distill/management/commands/distill-publish.py
+++ b/django_distill/management/commands/distill-publish.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from django_distill.distill import urls_to_distill
 from django_distill.errors import DistillError
 from django_distill.renderer import (run_collectstatic, render_to_dir,
-                                     copy_static_and_media_files)
+                                     copy_static_and_media_files, render_redirects)
 from django_distill.publisher import publish_dir
 
 
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ def add_arguments(self, parser):
         parser.add_argument('--skip-verify', dest='skip_verify', action='store_true')
         parser.add_argument('--ignore-remote-content', dest='ignore_remote_content', action='store_true')
         parser.add_argument('--parallel-publish', dest='parallel_publish', type=int, default=1)
+        parser.add_argument('--generate-redirects', dest='generate_redirects', action='store_true')
 
     def _quiet(self, *args, **kwargs):
         pass
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
         ignore_remote_content = options.get('ignore_remote_content', False)
         quiet = options.get('quiet')
         force = options.get('force')
+        generate_redirects = options.get('generate_redirects')
         if quiet:
             stdout = self._quiet
         else:
@@ -93,9 +95,12 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
             except DistillError as err:
                 raise CommandError(str(err)) from err
             stdout('')
+            if generate_redirects:
+                stdout('Generating redirects')
+                render_redirects(output_dir, stdout)
+                stdout('')
             stdout('Publishing site')
             backend.index_local_files()
             publish_dir(backend, stdout, not skip_verify, parallel_publish, ignore_remote_content)
-
         stdout('')
         stdout('Site generation and publishing complete.')