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-# Background
-
-_Background_ provides some basic information about JupyterHub and big-picture illustrations of how it works. This section is meant to build your understanding of particular topics and JupyterHub in general.
-
-## About JupyterHub
-
-JupyterHub is an open source project and community. It is a part of the
-[Jupyter Project](https://jupyter.org). This section covers information
-about our community as well as institutions that are presently using JupyterHub.
-
-```{toctree}
-:maxdepth: 1
-
-about/gallery-jhub-deployments
-../changelog
-about/contributor-list
-```
-
-## Administration
-
-This section provides information relevant to running your own JupyterHub over time.
-
-```{toctree}
-:maxdepth: 1
-
-admin/capacity-planning
-admin/database
-admin/websecurity
-admin/oauth
-```
-
-## JupyterHub RBAC
-
-This section covers how Role Based Access Control (RBAC) is implemented in JupyterHub to control access to Jupyterhub's API resources.
-
-```{toctree}
-:maxdepth: 2
-
-../rbac/index
-```
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+# Explanation
+
+_Explanation_ documentation provide big-picture descriptions of how JupyterHub works. This section is meant to build your understanding of particular topics.
+
+## Administration
+
+This section provides information relevant to running your own JupyterHub over time.
+
+```{toctree}
+:maxdepth: 1
+
+admin/capacity-planning
+admin/database
+admin/websecurity
+admin/oauth
+```
+
+## JupyterHub RBAC
+
+This section covers how Role Based Access Control (RBAC) is implemented in JupyterHub to control access to Jupyterhub's API resources.
+
+```{toctree}
+:maxdepth: 2
+
+../rbac/index
+```
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+# About
+
+JupyterHub is an open source project and community. It is a part of the
+[Jupyter Project](https://jupyter.org). JupyterHub is an open and inclusive
+community, and invites contributions from anyone. This section covers information
+about our community, as well as ways that you can connect and get involved.
+
+```{toctree}
+:maxdepth: 1
+
+contributor-list
+changelog
+gallery-jhub-deployments
+```
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 tutorial/index.md
 howto/index.md
 reference/index.md
-background/index.md
+explanation/index.md
 faq/index.md
 ```
 
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ help keep our community welcoming to as many people as possible.
 contributing/index
 ```
 
+### About JupyterHub
+
+```{toctree}
+:maxdepth: 2
+
+index-about
+```
+
 ## Indices and tables
 
 - {ref}`genindex`