diff --git a/docs/_static/style.css b/docs/_static/style.css
index 12c1fd6db..508f99487 100644
--- a/docs/_static/style.css
+++ b/docs/_static/style.css
@@ -38,3 +38,8 @@ code.xref {
   background-color: #ecf0f3;
   border-bottom: 1px dotted #222;
 }
+
+/* hide the welcome text */
+div#welcome-to-discord-py > h1 {
+  display: none;
+}
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 883d01460..673de0509 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
    You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
    contain the root `toctree` directive.
 
-Welcome to the discord.py documentation
-=========================================
+Welcome to discord.py
+===========================
 
 .. image:: /images/snake.png