diff --git a/documentation/index.html.erb b/documentation/index.html.erb
index a0ddba4a..cdabf6cd 100644
--- a/documentation/index.html.erb
+++ b/documentation/index.html.erb
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ coffee-script --print app/scripts/*.cs > concatenation.js</pre>
 
     <p>
       <i>
-        This document is structured so that it can be read from top to bottom,
+        This reference is structured so that it can be read from top to bottom,
         if you like. Later sections use ideas and syntax previously introduced.
         Familiarity with JavaScript is assumed.
         In all of the following examples, the source CoffeeScript is provided on
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index d93c7de1..209bd20f 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ coffee-script --print app/scripts/*.cs > concatenation.js</pre>
 
     <p>
       <i>
-        This document is structured so that it can be read from top to bottom,
+        This reference is structured so that it can be read from top to bottom,
         if you like. Later sections use ideas and syntax previously introduced.
         Familiarity with JavaScript is assumed.
         In all of the following examples, the source CoffeeScript is provided on