diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 60ba2ae1..dd61a3eb 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,29 +1,13 @@
-=========
Powerline
=========
:Author: Kim Silkebækken (kim.silkebaekken+vim@gmail.com)
:Source: https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline
+:Version: beta
-**This is alpha software, expect things to change or break at any point.**
+This is the next version of Powerline, implemented in Python. The project is
+currently in beta, and most of the functionality in the old vimscript
+project is already implemented.
-This is the next version of Powerline, implemented in Python. It aims to
-resolve some of the "unresolvable" problems of the vimscript implementation,
-as well as providing a common code base for all projects that use Powerline
-in some way (e.g. shell prompts and tmux themes).
-
-Some of the new features for vim are:
-
-* **Dynamic statusline evaluation in Python.** Python performs really well
- and allows Powerline to re-render the statusline in Python instead of
- relying on vim's statusline flags. This means no more caching, and much
- more flexibility.
-* **Automatic removal of less important segments in small windows.** Not all
- information is equally important to have in the statusline, and segments
- with e.g. encoding and file format information are automatically removed
- in smaller windows.
-* **The possibility of adding more segments.** Because of vim's hardcoded
- limitation of 80 statusline options, the vimscript implementation
- triggered an error when adding more segments to the default theme. Since
- segment contents are now rendered as plain text in Python it's possible to
- add many more segments in the statusline before hitting this limit.
+Check out the `documentation `_ for
+more information and installation instructions.
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 05947c04..be00d779 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ source_suffix = '.rst'
master_doc = 'index'
project = u'Powerline'
copyright = u'Kim Silkebækken'
-version = 'dev'
-release = 'dev'
+version = 'beta'
+release = 'beta'
exclude_patterns = ['_build']
pygments_style = 'sphinx'
html_theme = 'nature'
diff --git a/docs/source/configuration.rst b/docs/source/configuration.rst
index 839f6004..6e79ebdf 100644
--- a/docs/source/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/source/configuration.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
Configuration
=============
-
-.. include:: configuration/vim.rst
diff --git a/docs/source/configuration/vim.rst b/docs/source/configuration/vim.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index c5fea4e6..00000000
--- a/docs/source/configuration/vim.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Vim configuration
------------------
diff --git a/docs/source/fontpatching.rst b/docs/source/fontpatching.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..066369e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/fontpatching.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Font patching
+=============
diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
index 56e71c0f..5f1e50ee 100644
--- a/docs/source/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ Powerline
introduction
overview
+ fontpatching
configuration
+ troubleshooting
+ license-credits
Indices and tables
==================
diff --git a/docs/source/installation/vim.rst b/docs/source/installation/vim.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d6d4bd9..00000000
--- a/docs/source/installation/vim.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-Vim installation
-----------------
-
-As a system-wide Python package
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-Add the following line to your ``vimrc``::
-
- python import plugin.vim.load_vim_plugin
-
-Outside Python's search path
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-This requires you to source the plugin file with an absolute path to the
-plugin location.
-
-Add the following line to your ``vimrc``, where ``{path}`` is the path to
-the main Powerline project folder::
-
- source {path}/plugin/vim/powerline.vim
diff --git a/docs/source/introduction.rst b/docs/source/introduction.rst
index c516b331..07ba4f2a 100644
--- a/docs/source/introduction.rst
+++ b/docs/source/introduction.rst
@@ -1,2 +1,37 @@
Introduction
============
+
+This is the next version of Powerline, implemented in Python. It aims to
+resolve some of the "unresolvable" problems of the vimscript implementation,
+as well as providing a common code base for all projects that use Powerline
+in some way (e.g. shell prompts and tmux themes).
+
+The project is currently in beta, and most of the functionality in the old
+vimscript project is already implemented.
+
+Feature highlights
+------------------
+
+* **Better performance.** Python performs quite a bit better than vimscript,
+ and by having most of the code in Python instead of vimscript it's also
+ much easier to profile the code and eliminate bottlenecks.
+* **A much leaner code base.** With most of the functionality of the old
+ project implemented the new version consists of less than half the amount
+ of code.
+* **Automatic removal of less important segments in small windows.** Not all
+ information is equally important to have in the statusline, and segments
+ with e.g. encoding and file format information are automatically removed
+ in smaller windows.
+* **Dynamic statusline evaluation in Python.** Statuslines are dynamically
+ rendered in Python instead of relying on vim's statusline flags, which
+ allows much more flexibility when creating statuslines.
+* **The possibility of adding more segments.** Because of vim's hardcoded
+ limitation of 80 statusline options, the vimscript implementation
+ triggered an error when adding more segments to the default theme. Since
+ segment contents are now rendered as plain text in Python it's possible to
+ add many more segments in the statusline before reaching this limit.
+* **New and improved theme and colorscheme syntax.** Themes and colorschemes
+ are now written in JSON, with a much cleaner syntax that's easier to learn
+ and work with. Themes and colorschemes are also much more configurable,
+ and it's easy to write your own and store them in your home config
+ directory (usually ``~/.config/powerline``).
diff --git a/docs/source/licence-credits.rst b/docs/source/licence-credits.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8db542bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/licence-credits.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+License
+=======
+
+.. image:: http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/3.0/88x31.png
+ :target: `Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License`_
+
+Powerline is licensed under a `Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
+Unported License`_.
+
+.. _`Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License`: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
+
+Credits
+=======
+
+:Author: `Kim Silkebækken `_
+:Main contributors:
+ * `ZyX-I `_
+
+Contributing
+============
+
+If you experience any bugs or have any feature requests, please `open an
+issue on GitHub `_.
+
+Pull request guidelines
+-----------------------
+
+This project uses `Git Flow`_ for maintaining a clean history and
+a consistent way of branching and merging new features. All commit messages
+must follow the guidelines described in `Tim Pope's blog post about git
+commit messages`_.
+
+All code must use tabs for indentation and spaces for alignment.
+
+Python code must pass flake8 tests with ``flake8 --ignore=W191,E501`` (ignore
+tab warnings and line length errors).
+
+.. _`Git Flow`: http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/
+.. _`Tim Pope's blog post about git commit messages`: http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html
+
diff --git a/docs/source/overview.rst b/docs/source/overview.rst
index 6c6ed9f3..87caf07d 100644
--- a/docs/source/overview.rst
+++ b/docs/source/overview.rst
@@ -4,16 +4,45 @@ Overview
Requirements
------------
+Powerline requires Python 2.7 to work.
+
+Vim plugin requirements
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The vim plugin requires a vim version with Python 2.7 support compiled in.
+You can check if your vim supports Python 2 by running ``vim --version
+| grep +python``.
+
+Vim version 7.3.661 or newer is recommended for performance reasons.
+
Installation
------------
Powerline is intended to be installed as a system-wide Python package that
can be easily included in other projects.
+Powerline is available `on the AUR
+`_ for Arch Linux users.
+
.. note:: This project is currently unavailable on the PyPI due to a naming
conflict with an unrelated project.
-.. include:: installation/vim.rst
-
Usage
-----
+
+Vim usage
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+If Powerline is installed as a system-wide Python package, you can enable
+the plugin by adding the following line to your ``vimrc``::
+
+ python import powerline.plugin.vim.load_vim_plugin
+
+If Powerline is installed outside Python's search path (e.g. by having the
+git repo in your dotfiles folder) you'll have to source the vim plugin file
+with an absolute path to the plugin location.
+
+Add the following line to your ``vimrc``, where ``{path}`` is the path to
+the main Powerline project folder::
+
+ source {path}/powerline/plugin/vim/powerline.vim
diff --git a/docs/source/troubleshooting.rst b/docs/source/troubleshooting.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4edddddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/troubleshooting.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Troubleshooting
+===============
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 80e099d4..35375bdf 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ docs_extras = [
]
setup(name='Powerline',
- version='β',
+ version='beta',
description='The ultimate statusline/prompt utility.',
long_description=README,
classifiers=[],