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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. |