diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 19e0357..82c7291 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -339,6 +339,10 @@ get the current username of a profile, given this unique ID
 
 .. as-module-intro-end
 
+Refer to the
+`Instaloader Documentation <http://instaloader.readthedocs.io/>`__ for
+more information.
+
 Disclaimer
 ----------
 
diff --git a/docs/_templates/links.html b/docs/_templates/links.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ee13a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_templates/links.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<h3>Links</h3>
+<ul>
+  <li><a href="https://github.com/Thammus/instaloader">Instaloader on GitHub</a></li>
+  <li><a href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/instaloader">Instaloader on PyPI</a></li>
+  <li><a href="https://github.com/Thammus/instaloader/issues">Issue Tracker</a></li>
+  <li><a href="https://github.com/Thammus/instaloader/releases">Version History</a></li>
+</ul>
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 830d2d7..1b30dd4 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ todo_include_todos = False
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
 # a list of builtin themes.
 #
-html_theme = 'alabaster'
+html_theme = 'default'
 
 # Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
 # further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ html_static_path = ['_static']
 
 # Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
 #
-html_sidebars = {'**': ["globaltoc.html", "relations.html"], 'index': [] }
+html_sidebars = {'**': ["globaltoc.html", "relations.html", "links.html"] }
 
 # Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to
 # template names.
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 6d778f2..c494e89 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -1,12 +1,31 @@
-.. Instaloader documentation master file, created by
-   sphinx-quickstart on Fri Aug 25 15:38:26 2017.
-   You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
-   contain the root `toctree` directive.
+Instaloader
+===========
 
-Instaloader Documentation
-=========================
+*Instaloader* is a tool to download pictures (or videos) along with
+their captions and other metadata from Instagram.
 
-**Table of Contents**:
+::
+
+    $ pip3 install instaloader
+
+    $ instaloader profile [profile ...]
+
+**Instaloader**
+
+- downloads **public and private profiles, hashtags, user stories,
+  feeds**,
+  
+- downloads **comments, geotags, captions** of each post, 
+  
+- allows **fine-grained customization** of filters and where to store
+  downloaded media,
+
+- is free `Open Source <https://github.com/Thammus/instaloader>`__
+  software written in Python.
+
+
+Table of Contents
+-----------------
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
@@ -16,6 +35,14 @@ Instaloader Documentation
    cli-options
    as-module
 
+Useful Links
+------------
+
+- `Git Repository (on GitHub) <https://github.com/Thammus/instaloader>`__
+- `PyPI Project Page <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/instaloader>`__
+- `Issue Tracker / Bug Tracker <https://github.com/Thammus/instaloader/issues>`__
+- `Version History <https://github.com/Thammus/instaloader/releases>`__
+
 .. include:: ../README.rst
    :start-after: disclaimer-start
    :end-before: disclaimer-end