Remove "reference" wording according Synapse homeserver (#10971)

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md

index e113f55d2a..6d70f5afff 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ Please update any links to point to the new website instead.
 ## About
 
 This directory currently holds a series of markdown files documenting how to install, use
-and develop Synapse, the reference Matrix homeserver. The documentation is readable directly
-from this repository, but it is recommended to instead browse through the
-[website](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse) for easier discoverability.
+and develop Synapse. The documentation is readable directly from this repository, but it is 
+recommended to instead browse through the [website](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse) for 
+easier discoverability.
 
 ## Adding to the documentation
 
diff --git a/docs/welcome_and_overview.md b/docs/welcome_and_overview.md

index 30e75984d1..9882d9f159 100644
--- a/docs/welcome_and_overview.md
+++ b/docs/welcome_and_overview.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Introduction
 
-Welcome to the documentation repository for Synapse, the reference
-[Matrix](https://matrix.org) homeserver implementation.
\ No newline at end of file
+Welcome to the documentation repository for Synapse, a 
+[Matrix](https://matrix.org) homeserver implementation developed by the matrix.org core 
+team.