diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/docs/index.rst b/scrapy/trunk/docs/index.rst
index 52c336357..403c0b4d5 100644
--- a/scrapy/trunk/docs/index.rst
+++ b/scrapy/trunk/docs/index.rst
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ Contents:
 
    intro/index
    tutorial/index
-   reference/index
+   topics/index
+   ref/index
diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/docs/reference/index.rst b/scrapy/trunk/docs/ref/index.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from scrapy/trunk/docs/reference/index.rst
rename to scrapy/trunk/docs/ref/index.rst
diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/docs/reference/settings.rst b/scrapy/trunk/docs/ref/settings.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from scrapy/trunk/docs/reference/settings.rst
rename to scrapy/trunk/docs/ref/settings.rst
diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/docs/topics/index.rst b/scrapy/trunk/docs/topics/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c384fbf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scrapy/trunk/docs/topics/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Topics
+======
+
+.. toctree::
+
+   settings
diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/docs/topics/settings.rst b/scrapy/trunk/docs/topics/settings.rst
index fb5f49176..bea0bef73 100644
--- a/scrapy/trunk/docs/topics/settings.rst
+++ b/scrapy/trunk/docs/topics/settings.rst
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ It's where most of your custom settings will be populated.
 ------------------
 
 The global defaults are located in scrapy.conf.default_settings and documented
-in the :reference:`settings` page.
+in the :ref:`settings` page.
 
 
 How to access settings
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ To access settings from Python code::
 Available settings
 ==================
 
-See :reference:`settings`.
+See :ref:`settings`.
 
 Rationale for setting names
 ===========================