diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 8d6b2b5b..3b9e5303 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ author = "Will McGugan"
 release = pkg_resources.get_distribution("rich").version
 
 
-master_doc = "index"
+master_doc = "contents"
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 99e01fe5..00000000
--- a/docs/source/index.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-.. Rich documentation master file, created by
-   sphinx-quickstart on Thu Dec 26 17:03:20 2019.
-   You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
-   contain the root `toctree` directive.
-
-Welcome to Rich's documentation!
-================================
-
-.. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 2
-   :caption: Contents:
-
-   introduction.rst
-   console.rst   
-   style.rst
-   markup.rst
-   tables.rst
-   markdown.rst
-   syntax.rst
-   text.rst
-   protocol.rst
-
-   reference.rst
-   appendix.rst
-
-Indices and tables
-==================
-
-* :ref:`genindex`
-* :ref:`modindex`
-* :ref:`search`