diff --git a/arraycontext/__init__.py b/arraycontext/__init__.py
index 1d13741ce1815d9a901467953a526f7b8e55d9de..37d8fc801ba8845cdf6ad512a75e825cf4c29952 100644
--- a/arraycontext/__init__.py
+++ b/arraycontext/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+"""
+An array context is an abstraction that helps you dispatch between multiple
+implementations of :mod:`numpy`-like :math:`n`-dimensional arrays.
+"""
+
+
 __copyright__ = """
 Copyright (C) 2020-1 University of Illinois Board of Trustees
 """
diff --git a/doc/array_context.rst b/doc/array_context.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..95c7a5e52fbad92579675c345968d89ec0fc2b33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/array_context.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+The Array Context Abstraction
+=============================
+
+.. automodule:: arraycontext
+
+Implementations of the Array Context Abstraction
+================================================
diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst
index 58db970c9ce2c5bc69e40043065e4badccf17a1c..9d0e0b14c5a72de35170a1fcb2588cf23e9fea91 100644
--- a/doc/index.rst
+++ b/doc/index.rst
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ Welcome to arraycontext's documentation!
     :maxdepth: 2
     :caption: Contents:
 
+    array_context
     misc
-   🚀 Github <https://github.com/inducer/arraycontext>
-   💾 Download Releases <https://pypi.org/project/arraycontext>
+    🚀 Github <https://github.com/inducer/arraycontext>
+    💾 Download Releases <https://pypi.org/project/arraycontext>
 
 Indices and tables
 ==================