diff --git a/package/doc/sphinx/source/documentation_pages/overview.rst b/package/doc/sphinx/source/documentation_pages/overview.rst
index f0afff09433..faa5f225114 100644
--- a/package/doc/sphinx/source/documentation_pages/overview.rst
+++ b/package/doc/sphinx/source/documentation_pages/overview.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _overview-label:
+
 ==========================
  Overview over MDAnalysis
 ==========================
@@ -134,10 +136,7 @@ as described in :ref:`selection-commands-label`.
 Examples
 ========
 
-The easiest way to get started with MDAnalysis is to read this
-introduction and the chapter on :ref:`selection-commands-label` and then
-explore the package interactively in IPython_ or another interactive
-Python interpreter.
+The easiest way to get started with MDAnalysis is to read this introduction and the chapters on :ref:`topology-label` and :ref:`selection-commands-label`, then explore the package interactively in IPython_ or another interactive Python interpreter.
 
 Included trajectories
 ---------------------
diff --git a/package/doc/sphinx/source/documentation_pages/selections.rst b/package/doc/sphinx/source/documentation_pages/selections.rst
index 5d70cdcbded..77851225050 100644
--- a/package/doc/sphinx/source/documentation_pages/selections.rst
+++ b/package/doc/sphinx/source/documentation_pages/selections.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .. _selection-commands-label:
 
 ====================
- Selection Commands
+ Selection commands
 ====================
 
 Once you have the :meth:`~MDAnalysis.core.universe.Universe` object, you can
diff --git a/package/doc/sphinx/source/documentation_pages/topology.rst b/package/doc/sphinx/source/documentation_pages/topology.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ecf61b0af17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/doc/sphinx/source/documentation_pages/topology.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.. -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+.. _topology-label:
+
+=====================
+ The topology system
+=====================
+
+As shown briefly in :ref:`overview-label`, the :class:`~MDAnalysis.core.universe.Universe` class is the primary object and core interface to molecular dynamics data in MDAnalysis.
+When loading topology information from a file, as with ::
+
+  >>> from MDAnalysis import Universe
+  >>> from MDAnalysis.tests.datafiles import PSF
+  >>> u = Universe(PSF)
+
+the file is read, the contents parsed, and a :class:`~MDAnalysis.core.topology.Topology` object is constructed from these contents.
diff --git a/package/doc/sphinx/source/index.rst b/package/doc/sphinx/source/index.rst
index 1830fe69a18..27b33473d65 100644
--- a/package/doc/sphinx/source/index.rst
+++ b/package/doc/sphinx/source/index.rst
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ Contents
    :numbered:		
    
    ./documentation_pages/overview
+   ./documentation_pages/topology
    ./documentation_pages/selections
    ./documentation_pages/analysis_modules
    ./documentation_pages/topology_modules