--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_About_Syllabus.tex	2003/07/15 19:09:49	1.1
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_About_Syllabus.tex	2013/08/27 13:06:37	1.2
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 \label{Docs_About_Syllabus}
 
-\textbf{Syllabus}\index{Syllabus} adds a traditional syllabus
+\textbf{Syllabus}\index{Syllabus} adds a syllabus page to the
+course.   By default this will be a traditional templated Syllabus
 page, which can be filled out with various standard Syllabus
-information.
+information.  However, you also have the option to set the syllabus page
+to load from an external web page, or to be an uploaded file (e.g., HTML
+or PDF), or to be a ``minimal'' template -- which is an HTML page created
+using the Rich Text editor.