diff --git a/doc/source/independent.rst b/doc/source/independent.rst
index f10e1dde20..0451cbdf7e 100644
--- a/doc/source/independent.rst
+++ b/doc/source/independent.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-======================
- Independent Projects
-======================
+=============================
+ Series-Independent Projects
+=============================
 
 These projects do not follow one of the release-cycle-based release
 models.
diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
index 69394e1de8..3e5953db28 100644
--- a/doc/source/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/index.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 Release Series
 ==============
 
+OpenStack is developed and released around 6-month cycles. After the initial
+release, additional stable point releases will be released in each release
+series. You can find the detail of the various release series here:
+
 .. list-table::
    :header-rows: 1
 
@@ -63,11 +67,14 @@ Release Series
    austin/index
    releases/*
 
-Independent Projects
-====================
+Series-Independent Releases
+===========================
+
+Some projects are released independently from the OpenStack release series.
+You can find their releases listed here:
 
 .. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 2
+   :maxdepth: 1
 
    independent