From ef2c3387b4ca27001b1de4a3613d1b434ed4d264 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Wolski <wolski@uber.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:24:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Updated introduction to documentation index

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 Ringpop
 =======
 
-Ringpop is a library that brings cooperation and coordination to distributed applications.
+Ringpop is a library that maintains a consistent hash ring atop a membership protocol. It can be used by applications to arbitrarily shard data in a scalable and fault-tolerant manner.
 
-Interested? Start with the Getting Started section below.
+To find out more, head to the Getting Started section below.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2