diff --git a/docs/advanced-usage/timestamps.md b/docs/advanced-usage/timestamps.md
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--- a/docs/advanced-usage/timestamps.md
+++ b/docs/advanced-usage/timestamps.md
@@ -5,12 +5,20 @@ weight: 10
 
 ## Excluding Timestamps from JSON
 
-If you want to exclude timestamps from JSON output of role/permission pivots, you can extend the Role and Permission models into your own App namespace and mark the pivot as hidden:
+If you want to exclude timestamps from JSON output of role/permission pivots, you can extend the Role and Permission models into your own App and mark the pivot as hidden:
 
 ```php
     protected $hidden = ['pivot'];
  ```
 
+Or if you don't want to extend this package's models, another approach could be to add this to your `AppServiceProvider`'s `boot()` method (adapt for Permission model as well, if needed):
+
+```php
+\Spatie\Permission\Models\Role::retrieved(function ($role) {
+     $role->makeHidden(['pivot']);
+});
+```
+
 ## Adding Timestamps to Pivots
 
 If you want to add timestamps to your pivot tables, you can do it with a few steps: