diff --git a/docs/howitworks.rst b/docs/howitworks.rst
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+++ b/docs/howitworks.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,87 @@
 
 How econtext Works
-------------------
+==================
 
-blah blah
+To accomplish the seemingly magical feat of bootstrapping a remote Python
+process without any software installed on the remote machine requires a little
+effort. The steps involved are not likely to be immediately obvious to the
+casual reader, and required several iterations of research to discover, so we
+document them thoroughly below.
+
+
+The First Stage
+---------------
+
+, and with a custom *argv[0]*
+
+
+Python Command Line
+###################
+
+
+Configuring argv[0]
+###################
+
+
+Source Minimization
+###################
+
+
+Signalling Success
+##################
+
+
+ExternalContext main()
+----------------------
+
+
+Reaping The First Stage
+#######################
+
+
+Generating A Synthetic `econtext` Package
+#########################################
+
+
+Setup The Broker And Master Context
+###################################
+
+
+Setup Logging
+#############
+
+
+The Module Importer
+###################
+
+
+Standard IO Redirection
+#######################
+
+
+Function Call Dispatch
+######################
+
+
+
+The Broker
+----------
+
+
+Differences Between Master And Slave Brokers
+############################################
+
+* Self destruct.
+
+
+The Module Importer
+-------------------
+
+Child Package Enumeration
+#########################
+
+
+Negative Cache Hits
+###################
 
 
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
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--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ to the remote machine**. Due to the origins of econtext for use in managing
 potentially damaged infrastructure, the remote machine need not even have a
 writeable filesystem.
 
-It is not intended as a generic RPC framework, the goal is to provide a robust
+It is not intended as a generic RPC framework; the goal is to provide a robust
 and efficient low-level API on which tools like **Salt** or **Ansible** can be
 built, and while the API is quite friendly and similar in scope to **Fabric**,
 ultimately it should not be used directly by consumer software.