diff --git a/spew/config.go b/spew/config.go
index 5552827..9db83c6 100644
--- a/spew/config.go
+++ b/spew/config.go
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ type ConfigState struct {
 	// Google App Engine or with the "safe" build tag specified.
 	DisablePointerMethods bool
 
+	// DisablePointerAddresses specifies whether to disable the printing of
+	// pointer addresses. This is useful when diffing data structures in tests.
+	DisablePointerAddresses bool
+
+	// DisableCapacities specifies whether to disable the printing of capacities
+	// for arrays, slices, maps and channels. This is useful when diffing
+	// data structures in tests.
+	DisableCapacities bool
+
 	// ContinueOnMethod specifies whether or not recursion should continue once
 	// a custom error or Stringer interface is invoked.  The default, false,
 	// means it will print the results of invoking the custom error or Stringer
diff --git a/spew/dump.go b/spew/dump.go
index a0ff95e..95f9dbf 100644
--- a/spew/dump.go
+++ b/spew/dump.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (d *dumpState) dumpPtr(v reflect.Value) {
 	d.w.Write(closeParenBytes)
 
 	// Display pointer information.
-	if len(pointerChain) > 0 {
+	if !d.cs.DisablePointerAddresses && len(pointerChain) > 0 {
 		d.w.Write(openParenBytes)
 		for i, addr := range pointerChain {
 			if i > 0 {
@@ -282,13 +282,13 @@ func (d *dumpState) dump(v reflect.Value) {
 	case reflect.Map, reflect.String:
 		valueLen = v.Len()
 	}
-	if valueLen != 0 || valueCap != 0 {
+	if valueLen != 0 || !d.cs.DisableCapacities && valueCap != 0 {
 		d.w.Write(openParenBytes)
 		if valueLen != 0 {
 			d.w.Write(lenEqualsBytes)
 			printInt(d.w, int64(valueLen), 10)
 		}
-		if valueCap != 0 {
+		if !d.cs.DisableCapacities && valueCap != 0 {
 			if valueLen != 0 {
 				d.w.Write(spaceBytes)
 			}
diff --git a/spew/spew_test.go b/spew/spew_test.go
index dbbc085..f1f6b71 100644
--- a/spew/spew_test.go
+++ b/spew/spew_test.go
@@ -130,12 +130,19 @@ func initSpewTests() {
 	scsNoPmethods := &spew.ConfigState{Indent: " ", DisablePointerMethods: true}
 	scsMaxDepth := &spew.ConfigState{Indent: " ", MaxDepth: 1}
 	scsContinue := &spew.ConfigState{Indent: " ", ContinueOnMethod: true}
+	scsNoPtrAddr := &spew.ConfigState{DisablePointerAddresses: true}
+	scsNoCap := &spew.ConfigState{DisableCapacities: true}
 
 	// Variables for tests on types which implement Stringer interface with and
 	// without a pointer receiver.
 	ts := stringer("test")
 	tps := pstringer("test")
 
+	type ptrTester struct {
+		s *struct{}
+	}
+	tptr := &ptrTester{s: &struct{}{}}
+
 	// depthTester is used to test max depth handling for structs, array, slices
 	// and maps.
 	type depthTester struct {
@@ -192,6 +199,10 @@ func initSpewTests() {
 		{scsContinue, fCSFprint, "", te, "(error: 10) 10"},
 		{scsContinue, fCSFdump, "", te, "(spew_test.customError) " +
 			"(error: 10) 10\n"},
+		{scsNoPtrAddr, fCSFprint, "", tptr, "<*>{<*>{}}"},
+		{scsNoPtrAddr, fCSSdump, "", tptr, "(*spew_test.ptrTester)({\ns: (*struct {})({\n})\n})\n"},
+		{scsNoCap, fCSSdump, "", make([]string, 0, 10), "([]string) {\n}\n"},
+		{scsNoCap, fCSSdump, "", make([]string, 1, 10), "([]string) (len=1) {\n(string) \"\"\n}\n"},
 	}
 }