diff --git a/docs/esp8266_contents.rst b/docs/esp8266_contents.rst
index d1bd69c610fc46693d29c57631e338f9990decfc..ec0a6f0e860497242108e036b76d36a0e3f605dd 100644
--- a/docs/esp8266_contents.rst
+++ b/docs/esp8266_contents.rst
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ MicroPython documentation contents
 .. toctree::
 
     library/index.rst
-    license.rst
\ No newline at end of file
+    reference/index.rst
+    license.rst
diff --git a/docs/pyboard_contents.rst b/docs/pyboard_contents.rst
index abf7bd0253cde868929d39c8d45d0fa8a6ba3031..5ced479efcea62f62ba2d140c6d2d7c80f44bbd6 100644
--- a/docs/pyboard_contents.rst
+++ b/docs/pyboard_contents.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ MicroPython documentation contents
     pyboard/general.rst
     pyboard/tutorial/index.rst
     library/index.rst
+    reference/index.rst
     pyboard/hardware/index.rst
     license.rst
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/index.rst b/docs/reference/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..78483198666c6241ff818f17c61ed8b968ce041e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/reference/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+The MicroPython language
+========================
+
+MicroPython aims to implement the Python 3.4 standard, and most of
+the features of MicroPython are identical to those described by the
+documentation at
+`docs.python.org <https://docs.python.org/3.4/reference/index.html>`_.
+
+Differences to standard Python as well as additional features of
+MicroPython are described in the sections here.
diff --git a/docs/topindex.html b/docs/topindex.html
index 6bdafe856be06177a9191454f40dfe674cac9a6c..d2cc06145309c002ff023f060765c8d8723ad5a9 100644
--- a/docs/topindex.html
+++ b/docs/topindex.html
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
       </p>
     </td>
     <td width="40%" style="padding-left:2em;">
+      <p class="biglink">
+        <a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("reference/index") }}">Language Reference</a><br/>
+        <span class="linkdescr">information about MicroPython specific language features</span>
+      </p>
       {% if port == "pyboard" %}
         <p class="biglink">
             <a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto(port + "/hardware/index") }}">The {{ port }} hardware</a><br/>
diff --git a/docs/wipy_contents.rst b/docs/wipy_contents.rst
index 8a7c0e06ec1cf29d1984f33e9bc9eb7950e36d5b..7f45a7aa84eac472fcc3ff1114c6511ec0fc0ced 100644
--- a/docs/wipy_contents.rst
+++ b/docs/wipy_contents.rst
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ MicroPython documentation contents
     wipy/quickref.rst
     wipy/general.rst
     library/index.rst
+    reference/index.rst
     license.rst