diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 05ec91c3..e45783bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
 ## 1.17.4 - 2021-05-07
 ### Additions
 - [gelbooru] add extractor for `/redirect.php` URLs ([#1530](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/1530))
diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 0cd00db5..e2f1032e 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -226,10 +226,14 @@ Description
     * ``true``: Skip downloads
     * ``false``: Overwrite already existing files
 
-    * ``"abort"``: Abort the current extractor run
-    * ``"abort:N"``: Skip downloads and abort extractor run
+    * ``"abort"``: Stop the current extractor run
+    * ``"abort:N"``: Skip downloads and stop the current extractor run
       after ``N`` consecutive skips
 
+    * ``"terminate"``: Stop the current extractor run, including parent extractors
+    * ``"terminate:N"``: Skip downloads and stop the current extractor run,
+      including parent extractors, after ``N`` consecutive skips
+
     * ``"exit"``: Exit the program altogether
     * ``"exit:N"``: Skip downloads and exit the program
       after ``N`` consecutive skips
diff --git a/gallery_dl/__init__.py b/gallery_dl/__init__.py
index 7d64c91e..8154afc7 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/__init__.py
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ def main():
                             retval |= jobtype(url.value).run()
                     else:
                         retval |= jobtype(url).run()
+                except exception.TerminateExtraction:
+                    pass
                 except exception.NoExtractorError:
                     log.error("No suitable extractor found for '%s'", url)
                     retval |= 64
diff --git a/gallery_dl/exception.py b/gallery_dl/exception.py
index f553d419..0433dc97 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/exception.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/exception.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2015-2019 Mike Fährmann
+# Copyright 2015-2021 Mike Fährmann
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Exception
       +-- FilterError
       +-- NoExtractorError
       +-- StopExtraction
+      +-- TerminateExtraction
 """
 
 
@@ -109,3 +110,8 @@ class StopExtraction(GalleryDLException):
         GalleryDLException.__init__(self)
         self.message = message % args if args else message
         self.code = 1 if message else 0
+
+
+class TerminateExtraction(GalleryDLException):
+    """Terminate data extraction"""
+    code = 0
diff --git a/gallery_dl/job.py b/gallery_dl/job.py
index 00688d45..64d29798 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/job.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/job.py
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ class Job():
             if exc.message:
                 log.error(exc.message)
             self.status |= exc.code
+        except exception.TerminateExtraction:
+            raise
         except exception.GalleryDLException as exc:
             log.error("%s: %s", exc.__class__.__name__, exc)
             self.status |= exc.code
@@ -400,6 +402,8 @@ class DownloadJob(Job):
                 skip, _, smax = skip.partition(":")
                 if skip == "abort":
                     self._skipexc = exception.StopExtraction
+                elif skip == "terminate":
+                    self._skipexc = exception.TerminateExtraction
                 elif skip == "exit":
                     self._skipexc = sys.exit
                 self._skipcnt = 0
diff --git a/gallery_dl/version.py b/gallery_dl/version.py
index 031c4ebf..07403811 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/version.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/version.py
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
-__version__ = "1.17.4"
+__version__ = "1.17.5-dev"