diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
index abfb249339..76e2dbdb71 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
    option was given. In same way as to for `only` it can be followed
    by an equal sign and explicit value. E.g.,
    `%(trailers:only,unfold=true)` unfolds and shows all trailer lines.
+** 'valueonly[=val]': skip over the key part of the trailer line and only
+   show the value part. Also this optionally allows explicit value.
 
 NOTE: Some placeholders may depend on other options given to the
 revision traversal engine. For example, the `%g*` reflog options will
diff --git a/pretty.c b/pretty.c
index 5bf05cde56..fe73916adc 100644
--- a/pretty.c
+++ b/pretty.c
@@ -1391,7 +1391,8 @@ static size_t format_commit_one(struct strbuf *sb, /* in UTF-8 */
 					opts.filter_data = &filter_list;
 					opts.only_trailers = 1;
 				} else if (!match_placeholder_bool_arg(arg, "only", &arg, &opts.only_trailers) &&
-					   !match_placeholder_bool_arg(arg, "unfold", &arg, &opts.unfold))
+					   !match_placeholder_bool_arg(arg, "unfold", &arg, &opts.unfold) &&
+					   !match_placeholder_bool_arg(arg, "valueonly", &arg, &opts.value_only))
 					break;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh b/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
index d87201afbe..1ad6834781 100755
--- a/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
+++ b/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
@@ -673,6 +673,12 @@ test_expect_success '%(trailers:key) without value is error' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success '%(trailers:key=foo,valueonly) shows only value' '
+	git log --no-walk --pretty="format:%(trailers:key=Acked-by,valueonly)" >actual &&
+	echo "A U Thor <author@example.com>" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'trailer parsing not fooled by --- line' '
 	git commit --allow-empty -F - <<-\EOF &&
 	this is the subject
diff --git a/trailer.c b/trailer.c
index d6da555cd7..d0d9e91631 100644
--- a/trailer.c
+++ b/trailer.c
@@ -1150,8 +1150,10 @@ static void format_trailer_info(struct strbuf *out,
 			if (!opts->filter || opts->filter(&tok, opts->filter_data)) {
 				if (opts->unfold)
 					unfold_value(&val);
-
-				strbuf_addf(out, "%s: %s\n", tok.buf, val.buf);
+				if (!opts->value_only)
+					strbuf_addf(out, "%s: ", tok.buf);
+				strbuf_addbuf(out, &val);
+				strbuf_addch(out, '\n');
 			}
 			strbuf_release(&tok);
 			strbuf_release(&val);
diff --git a/trailer.h b/trailer.h
index 5255b676de..06d417fe93 100644
--- a/trailer.h
+++ b/trailer.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ struct process_trailer_options {
 	int only_input;
 	int unfold;
 	int no_divider;
+	int value_only;
 	int (*filter)(const struct strbuf *, void *);
 	void *filter_data;
 };