diff --git a/README b/README
index 5bc6231e3..8e753003d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1138,6 +1138,10 @@ including all [reveal.js configuration options].
     (default is `empty` for no navigation symbols; other valid values
     are `frame`, `vertical`, and `horizontal`).
 
+`section-titles`
+:   enables on "title pages" for new sections in `beamer`
+    documents (default = true).
+
 [reveal.js configuration options]: https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js#configuration
 
 Variables for LaTeX
@@ -1208,6 +1212,9 @@ LaTeX variables are used when [creating a PDF].
 :   disables default behavior of LaTeX template that redefines (sub)paragraphs
     as sections, changing the appearance of nested headings in some classes
 
+`thanks`
+:   specifies contents of acknowledgments footnote after document title.
+
 `toc`
 :   include table of contents (can also be set using `--toc/--table-of-contents`)
 
@@ -1221,7 +1228,11 @@ LaTeX variables are used when [creating a PDF].
 :   bibliography to use for resolving references
 
 `biblio-style`
-:   bibliography style, when used with `--natbib`
+:   bibliography style, when used with `--natbib` and
+    `--biblatex`.
+
+`biblatex-options`
+:   list of options for biblatex.
 
 [`article`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/article
 [`report`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/report
diff --git a/data/templates b/data/templates
index 617e2af70..7e91df709 160000
--- a/data/templates
+++ b/data/templates
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 617e2af70c7d429a44d3b116d49d4b05840059e9
+Subproject commit 7e91df709abffc08b41e9fc5b437fb049898cc13
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs
index 8814bb57e..31feecc7c 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ pandocToLaTeX options (Pandoc meta blocks) = do
                   defField "dir" (if (null $ query (extract "dir") blocks)
                                      then ""::String
                                      else "ltr") $
+                  defField "section-titles" True $
                   metadata
   let toPolyObj lang = object [ "name"    .= T.pack name
                               , "options" .= T.pack opts ]
diff --git a/tests/lhs-test.latex b/tests/lhs-test.latex
index 1df84c0cb..a5b0ff87f 100644
--- a/tests/lhs-test.latex
+++ b/tests/lhs-test.latex
@@ -64,8 +64,12 @@
 \newcommand{\AlertTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{1.00,0.00,0.00}{\textbf{{#1}}}}
 \newcommand{\ErrorTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{1.00,0.00,0.00}{\textbf{{#1}}}}
 \newcommand{\NormalTok}[1]{{#1}}
+\IfFileExists{parskip.sty}{%
+\usepackage{parskip}
+}{% else
 \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
 \setlength{\parskip}{6pt plus 2pt minus 1pt}
+}
 \setlength{\emergencystretch}{3em}  % prevent overfull lines
 \providecommand{\tightlist}{%
   \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}
diff --git a/tests/lhs-test.latex+lhs b/tests/lhs-test.latex+lhs
index 471c9698b..8ab9a2ef0 100644
--- a/tests/lhs-test.latex+lhs
+++ b/tests/lhs-test.latex+lhs
@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@
 \urlstyle{same}  % don't use monospace font for urls
 \usepackage{listings}
 \lstnewenvironment{code}{\lstset{language=Haskell,basicstyle=\small\ttfamily}}{}
+\IfFileExists{parskip.sty}{%
+\usepackage{parskip}
+}{% else
 \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
 \setlength{\parskip}{6pt plus 2pt minus 1pt}
+}
 \setlength{\emergencystretch}{3em}  % prevent overfull lines
 \providecommand{\tightlist}{%
   \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}
diff --git a/tests/writer.latex b/tests/writer.latex
index ced46f808..7e7a02f58 100644
--- a/tests/writer.latex
+++ b/tests/writer.latex
@@ -42,8 +42,12 @@
 \usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
 % avoid problems with \sout in headers with hyperref:
 \pdfstringdefDisableCommands{\renewcommand{\sout}{}}
+\IfFileExists{parskip.sty}{%
+\usepackage{parskip}
+}{% else
 \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
 \setlength{\parskip}{6pt plus 2pt minus 1pt}
+}
 \setlength{\emergencystretch}{3em}  % prevent overfull lines
 \providecommand{\tightlist}{%
   \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}
diff --git a/tests/writers-lang-and-dir.latex b/tests/writers-lang-and-dir.latex
index 8a8433592..2f1ee4fbe 100644
--- a/tests/writers-lang-and-dir.latex
+++ b/tests/writers-lang-and-dir.latex
@@ -46,8 +46,12 @@
   \setotherlanguage[]{spanish}
   \setotherlanguage[]{french}
 \fi
+\IfFileExists{parskip.sty}{%
+\usepackage{parskip}
+}{% else
 \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
 \setlength{\parskip}{6pt plus 2pt minus 1pt}
+}
 \setlength{\emergencystretch}{3em}  % prevent overfull lines
 \providecommand{\tightlist}{%
   \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}