diff --git a/static/css/style.css b/static/css/style.css
index 0d82bfe5f8a5338609dc99791ab6b22c936ed9be..e263b2ff7d193461f3464fd919d55bde3c1f039b 100644
--- a/static/css/style.css
+++ b/static/css/style.css
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ a.link, a, a.active {
 #home #nav-home a,
 #create #nav-create a,
 #search #nav-search a,
+#doc #nav-doc a,
 #feeds #nav-feeds a,
 #about #nav-about a,
 #archive #nav-archive a,
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ a.link, a, a.active {
 #home #nav-home a:hover,
 #create #nav-create a,
 #search #nav-search a,
+#doc #nav-doc a,
 #feeds #nav-feeds a,
 #about #nav-about a:hover,
 #archive #nav-archive a:hover,
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index 893af0f375e5448321b9f0bcef95784e9d40aa4e..a06fbde397aace240a513ba9984bd9bc6a85e59f 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ function changeTime(obj, label) {
     <li id="nav-create"><a href="{% url create %}">Create</a></li>
     <li id="nav-feeds"><a href="{% url feeds %}">RSS</a></li>
     <li id="nav-userprofile"><a href="{% url userprofile-home %}">Options</a></li>
+    <li id="nav-doc"><a href="{% url doc %}">Docs</a></li>
     {% if ligouser %}<li id="nav-user">Authenticated as: {{ ligouser.name }}</li>{% endif %}
 </ul>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/templates/doc/index.html b/templates/doc/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cd8eb4f07b49f90ab6491ad511bc7d727d565127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/doc/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block title %}Docs{% endblock %}
+{% block heading %}GraceDB <em>Alpha</em> &mdash; Overview{% endblock %}
+{% block pageid %}doc{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+
+<div class="text">
+
+I am the <strong>DOC</strong>.
+Find the client
+<a href="http://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu/cgit/lalsuite/plain/glue/bin/gracedb">HERE</a>.
+
+<hr/>
+The gravitational-wave candidate event database (GraCEDb) is a
+prototype system to organize candidate events from gravitational-wave
+searches and to provide an environment to record information about
+follow-ups. A simple client tool is provided in
+<a href="https://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu/daswg/projects/glue.html">Glue</a>
+to submit a candidate event to the database.
+You can read about using the service at the
+<a href="https://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu/daswg/wiki/HowtoGraceDb">Howto page</a>.  More details are available at the
+<a href="https://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu/daswg/projects/gracedb.html">Project page</a>.
+</div>
+
+<div class="text">
+To receive email alerts when GraCEDb events are created, sign up
+on the <a target="_blank" href="http://listserv.ligo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gracedb">gracedb mailing list</a>.
+</div>
+
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/urls.py b/urls.py
index 4a8e866b79eb90658344438998e3fca9d843205f..a073ff97f426f60b374beb5a4194ae1e416ad2e0 100644
--- a/urls.py
+++ b/urls.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
 
     url (r'^$', 'gracedb.gracedb.views.index', name="home"),
     (r'^events/', include('gracedb.gracedb.urls')),
+    url (r'^doc/', 'gracedb.gracedb.doc.index', name="doc"),
     (r'^options/', include('gracedb.userprofile.urls')),
     (r'^cli/create', 'gracedb.gracedb.views.create'),
     (r'^cli/ping', 'gracedb.gracedb.views.ping'),