diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 7d9e69067..7a10664f7 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Pillow: a modern fork of PIL
 ============================
 
 .. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 3
+   :maxdepth: 2
 
    handbook/guides.rst
    handbook/appendices.rst