diff --git a/doc/tutorial.md b/doc/tutorial.md
index 9550dd927fac3..648aa24a08fdb 100644
--- a/doc/tutorial.md
+++ b/doc/tutorial.md
@@ -114,8 +114,9 @@ for more information on them.
 
 When complete, `make install` will place several programs into
 `/usr/local/bin`: `rustc`, the Rust compiler; `rustdoc`, the
-API-documentation tool; `cargo`, the Rust package manager;
-and `rusti`, the Rust REPL.
+API-documentation tool; `rustpkg`, the Rust package manager;
+`rusti`, the Rust REPL; and `rust`, a tool which acts both as a unified
+interface for them, and for a few common command line scenarios.
 
 [wiki-start]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Note-getting-started-developing-Rust
 [tarball]: http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-0.5.tar.gz
@@ -154,6 +155,22 @@ declaration to appear at the top level of the file: all statements must
 live inside a function.  Rust programs can also be compiled as
 libraries, and included in other programs.
 
+## Using the rust tool
+
+While using `rustc` directly to generate your executables, and then
+running them manually is a perfectly valid way to test your code,
+for smaller projects, prototypes, or if you're a beginner, it might be
+more convenient to use the `rust` tool.
+
+The `rust` tool provides central access to the other rust tools,
+as well as handy shortcuts for directly running source files.
+For example, if you have a file `foo.rs` in your current directory,
+`rust run foo.rs` would attempt to compile it and, if successful,
+directly run the resulting binary.
+
+To get a list of all available commands, simply call `rust` without any
+argument.
+
 ## Editing Rust code
 
 There are vim highlighting and indentation scripts in the Rust source
@@ -2184,7 +2201,7 @@ impl Circle for CircleStruct {
 }
 impl Shape for CircleStruct {
     fn area(&self) -> float { pi * square(self.radius) }
-}   
+}
 ~~~~
 
 Notice that methods of `Circle` can call methods on `Shape`, as our