diff --git a/docs/_templates/sidebarintro.html b/docs/_templates/sidebarintro.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a5f00e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_templates/sidebarintro.html
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<h3>About Requests</h3>
+<p>
+  Requests is an elegant and simple HTTP library for Python, built for
+  human beings. You are currently looking at the documentation of the
+  development release.
+</p>
+
+<h3>Feedback</h3>
+<p>
+  Feedback is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions, comments,
+  random praise, or anonymous threats, <a href="mailto:me@kennethreitz.com">
+  shoot me an email</a>.
+</p>
+
+
+<h3>Useful Links</h3>
+<ul>
+  <li><a href="http://python-requests.org/">The Requests Website</a></li>
+  <li><a href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/requests">Requests @ PyPI</a></li>
+  <li><a href="http://github.com/kennethreitz/requests">Requests @ GitHub</a></li>
+  <li><a href="http://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/issues">Issue Tracker</a></li>
+</ul>
diff --git a/docs/_templates/sidebarlogo.html b/docs/_templates/sidebarlogo.html
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index 00000000..840601ec
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+++ b/docs/_templates/sidebarlogo.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<h3>About Requests</h3>
+<p>
+  Requests is an elegant and simple HTTP library for Python, built for
+  human beings. You are currently looking at the documentation of the
+  development release.
+</p>
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diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index a2f5d9de..2d5c1460 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'Requests'
-copyright = u'2011. A Kenneth Reitz Project'
+copyright = u'2011. A <a href="http://kennethreitz.com">Kenneth Reitz</a> Project'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ html_theme = 'default'
 # of the sidebar.
 #html_logo = None
 
+
 # The name of an image file (within the static path) to use as favicon of the
 # docs.  This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32
 # pixels large.
@@ -133,7 +134,12 @@ html_static_path = ['_static']
 #html_use_smartypants = True
 
 # Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
-#html_sidebars = {}
+# Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
+html_sidebars = {
+    'index':    ['sidebarintro.html', 'sourcelink.html', 'searchbox.html'],
+    '**':       ['sidebarlogo.html', 'localtoc.html', 'relations.html',
+                 'sourcelink.html', 'searchbox.html']
+}
 
 # Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to
 # template names.