Rename to root document

6 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/doc/glossary.rst b/doc/glossary.rst
index 87b7014b6..f989df1ae 100644
--- a/doc/glossary.rst
+++ b/doc/glossary.rst
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Glossary
 
      For more information, refer to :doc:`/usage/extensions/index`.
 
-   master document
+   root document
       The document that contains the root :rst:dir:`toctree` directive.
 
    object
diff --git a/doc/templating.rst b/doc/templating.rst
index 0e9d38add..b25372319 100644
--- a/doc/templating.rst
+++ b/doc/templating.rst
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ The following blocks exist in the ``layout.html`` template:
 ``rootrellink``, ``relbaritems``
     Inside the relbar there are three sections: The ``rootrellink``, the links
     from the documentation and the custom ``relbaritems``.  The ``rootrellink``
-    is a block that by default contains a list item pointing to the master
+    is a block that by default contains a list item pointing to the root
     document by default, the ``relbaritems`` is an empty block.  If you
     override them to add extra links into the bar make sure that they are list
     items and end with the :data:`reldelim1`.
diff --git a/doc/tutorial/index.rst b/doc/tutorial/index.rst
index 1e600e637..8ab1fc287 100644
--- a/doc/tutorial/index.rst
+++ b/doc/tutorial/index.rst
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ The purpose of each of these files is:
   as some extra configuration keys.
 
 ``source/index.rst``
-  The :term:`master document` of the project, which serves as welcome page and
+  The :term:`root document` of the project, which serves as welcome page and
   contains the root of the "table of contents tree" (or *toctree*).
 
 Thanks to this bootstrapping step, you already have everything needed to render
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ Narrative documentation in Sphinx
 Structuring your documentation across multiple pages
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The file ``index.rst`` created by ``sphinx-quickstart`` is the :term:`master
+The file ``index.rst`` created by ``sphinx-quickstart`` is the :term:`root
 document`, whose main function is to serve as a welcome page and to contain the
 root of the "table of contents tree" (or *toctree*).  Sphinx allows you to
 assemble a project from different files, which is helpful when the project
diff --git a/doc/usage/advanced/setuptools.rst b/doc/usage/advanced/setuptools.rst
index f4dfb7f66..7f993e10c 100644
--- a/doc/usage/advanced/setuptools.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/advanced/setuptools.rst
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Options for setuptools integration
 
 .. setuptools-confval:: link-index
 
-   A boolean that ensures index.html will be linked to the master doc. Default
+   A boolean that ensures index.html will be linked to the root doc. Default
    is false.
 
    This can also be set by passing the `-i` flag to ``setup.py``:
diff --git a/doc/usage/builders/index.rst b/doc/usage/builders/index.rst
index 74853fee9..4d5315227 100644
--- a/doc/usage/builders/index.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/builders/index.rst
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The builder's "name" must be given to the **-b** command-line option of
 
    This is an HTML builder that combines the whole project in one output file.
    (Obviously this only works with smaller projects.)  The file is named like
-   the master document.  No indices will be generated.
+   the root document.  No indices will be generated.
 
    .. autoattribute:: name
 
diff --git a/doc/usage/quickstart.rst b/doc/usage/quickstart.rst
index 83b5211bd..ec36f5df9 100644
--- a/doc/usage/quickstart.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/quickstart.rst
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ Defining document structure
 ---------------------------
 
 Let's assume you've run :program:`sphinx-quickstart`.  It created a source
-directory with :file:`conf.py` and a master document, :file:`index.rst`.  The
-main function of the :term:`master document` is to serve as a welcome page, and
+directory with :file:`conf.py` and a root document, :file:`index.rst`.  The
+main function of the :term:`root document` is to serve as a welcome page, and
 to contain the root of the "table of contents tree" (or *toctree*).  This is one
 of the main things that Sphinx adds to reStructuredText, a way to connect
 multiple files to a single hierarchy of documents.