diff --git a/doc/reference/ChangeLog b/doc/reference/ChangeLog
index 0e508a11c..6fc73570a 100644
--- a/doc/reference/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/reference/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-06-16  Matthew Allum  <mallum@openedhand.com>
+
+	* cogl/cogl-docs.sgml:
+        Add an intro.
+
 2008-06-13  Øyvind Kolås  <pippin@o-hand.com>
 
 	* clutter/event-flow.png: fixed typo.
diff --git a/doc/reference/cogl/cogl-docs.sgml b/doc/reference/cogl/cogl-docs.sgml
index bac6e42b0..ee5740661 100644
--- a/doc/reference/cogl/cogl-docs.sgml
+++ b/doc/reference/cogl/cogl-docs.sgml
@@ -43,8 +43,11 @@
     <section id="cogl-intro">
       <title>About COGL</title>
       <para>
-        FIXME
+
+      COGL is a low level OpenGL abstraction library developed for (and part of) Clutter. It is used primarily by #ClutterActor's to provide a common rendering API that works transparently across OpenGL >=1.4, OpenGL ES 1.1 and OpenGL ES 2.0.
+
       </para>
+
     </section>
 
     <xi:include href="xml/cogl.xml"/>