diff --git a/certbot/certbot/main.py b/certbot/certbot/main.py
index 4e1525575..e947d4348 100644
--- a/certbot/certbot/main.py
+++ b/certbot/certbot/main.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def main(cli_args=None):
-    """Shim around internal main script execution.
+    """Command line argument parsing and main script execution.
 
     :returns: result of requested command
 
diff --git a/certbot/docs/api/main.rst b/certbot/docs/api/main.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9dda841d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/certbot/docs/api/main.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+:mod:`certbot.main`
+------------------------------
+
+.. automodule:: certbot.main
+   :members: