diff --git a/org-noter-core.el b/org-noter-core.el
index 302f3c5..a945131 100644
--- a/org-noter-core.el
+++ b/org-noter-core.el
@@ -343,7 +343,23 @@ If it exists, it will be listed as a candidate that `org-noter'
 will have the user select to use as the note file of the
 document."
   :group 'org-noter
-  :type 'hook)
+  :type 'hook
+  :version "28.2")
+
+(defcustom org-noter-headline-title-decoration ""
+  "Decoration (emphasis) for the headline title string.
+
+If you use the Org STARTUP option 'entitiespretty', filenames
+with underscores will end up looking ugly.  This string is
+prepended and appended to the document title in the top-level
+headline, making it look nicer.
+
+Reasonable choices are: /, *, =, ~, _
+
+With '/', 'The_Title' would become '/The_Title/'."
+  :group 'org-noter
+  :type 'string
+  :version "28.2")
 
 (defface org-noter-no-notes-exist-face
   '((t
diff --git a/org-noter.el b/org-noter.el
index f464214..620da67 100644
--- a/org-noter.el
+++ b/org-noter.el
@@ -267,7 +267,10 @@ DOCUMENT-FILE-NAME is the document filename."
             (with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect (car notes-files))
               (goto-char (point-max))
               (insert (if (save-excursion (backward-char) (looking-at-p "\n")) "" "\n")
-                      "* " document-base)
+                      "* "
+                      org-noter-headline-title-decoration
+                      document-base
+                      org-noter-headline-title-decoration)
               (org-entry-put nil org-noter-property-doc-file
                              (file-relative-name document-used-path
                                                  (file-name-directory (car notes-files)))))