diff --git a/doc/manual/btstack_gettingstarted.tex b/doc/manual/btstack_gettingstarted.tex
index d994d7b44..f18475d93 100644
--- a/doc/manual/btstack_gettingstarted.tex
+++ b/doc/manual/btstack_gettingstarted.tex
@@ -135,6 +135,31 @@ morekeywords={*, btstack_timer_source_t, btstack_data_source_t, uint32_t, uint16
 \newcommand{\MSYS}{\urlfoot{www.mingw.org/wiki/msys}{MSYS}}
 \newcommand{\MINGW}{\urlfoot{www.mingw.org}{MINGW32}}
 
+%% pandoc-tablenos: required package
+\usepackage{caption}
+
+%% pandoc-tablenos: environment to disable table caption prefixes
+\makeatletter
+\newcounter{tableno}
+\newenvironment{tablenos:no-prefix-table-caption}{
+  \caption@ifcompatibility{}{
+    \let\oldthetable\thetable
+    \let\oldtheHtable\theHtable
+    \renewcommand{\thetable}{tableno:\thetableno}
+    \renewcommand{\theHtable}{tableno:\thetableno}
+    \stepcounter{tableno}
+    \captionsetup{labelformat=empty}
+  }
+}{
+  \caption@ifcompatibility{}{
+    \captionsetup{labelformat=default}
+    \let\thetable\oldthetable
+    \let\theHtable\oldtheHtable
+    \addtocounter{table}{-1}
+  }
+}
+\makeatother
+
 
 %level -1: part, 0: chapter, 1: section, etc.
 \setcounter{tocdepth}{3}