diff --git a/doc/api/projections/geo.rst b/doc/api/projections/geo.rst
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+++ b/doc/api/projections/geo.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+******************************
+``matplotlib.projections.geo``
+******************************
+
+.. automodule:: matplotlib.projections.geo
+   :members:
+   :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/doc/api/projections/polar.rst b/doc/api/projections/polar.rst
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+********************************
+``matplotlib.projections.polar``
+********************************
+
+.. automodule:: matplotlib.projections.polar
+   :members:
+   :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/doc/api/projections_api.rst b/doc/api/projections_api.rst
index ff12a2be8623..f0c742c241e7 100644
--- a/doc/api/projections_api.rst
+++ b/doc/api/projections_api.rst
@@ -6,16 +6,13 @@
    :members:
    :show-inheritance:
 
-``matplotlib.projections.polar``
-================================
+Built-in projections
+====================
+Matplotlib has built-in support for polar and some geographic projections.
+See the following pages for more information:
 
-.. automodule:: matplotlib.projections.polar
-   :members:
-   :show-inheritance:
-
-``matplotlib.projections.geo``
-==============================
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
 
-.. automodule:: matplotlib.projections.geo
-   :members:
-   :show-inheritance:
+   projections/polar
+   projections/geo