diff --git a/akka-docs/general/index.rst b/akka-docs/general/index.rst
index 1d716ed63a..5b0e3c24d6 100644
--- a/akka-docs/general/index.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/general/index.rst
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ General
 =======
 
 .. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 1
+   :maxdepth: 2
 
-   migration-guide-0.7.x-0.8.x
-   migration-guide-0.8.x-0.9.x
-   migration-guide-0.9.x-0.10.x
-   migration-guide-0.10.x-1.0.x
-   migration-guide-1.0.x-1.1.x
+   migration-guides
+   util
diff --git a/akka-docs/general/migration-guides.rst b/akka-docs/general/migration-guides.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..204b7a22e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-docs/general/migration-guides.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Migration Guides
+================
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   migration-guide-0.7.x-0.8.x
+   migration-guide-0.8.x-0.9.x
+   migration-guide-0.9.x-0.10.x
+   migration-guide-0.10.x-1.0.x
+   migration-guide-1.0.x-1.1.x
diff --git a/akka-docs/general/util.rst b/akka-docs/general/util.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb0f61e778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-docs/general/util.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#########
+Utilities
+#########
+
+.. sidebar:: Contents
+
+   .. contents:: :local:
+
+This section of the manual describes miscellaneous utilities which are provided
+by Akka and used in multiple places.
+
+.. _Duration:
+
+Duration
+========
+
+Durations are used throughout the Akka library, wherefore this concept is
+represented by a special data type, :class:`Duration`. Values of this type may
+represent infinite (:obj:`Duration.Inf`, :obj:`Duration.MinusInf`) or finite
+durations, where the latter are constructable using a mini-DSL:
+
+.. code-block:: scala
+
+   import akka.util.duration._   // notice the small d
+
+   val fivesec = 5.seconds
+   val threemillis = 3.millis
+   val diff = fivesec - threemillis
+   assert (diff < fivesec)
+
+.. note::
+
+   You may leave out the dot if the expression is clearly delimited (e.g.
+   within parentheses or in an argument list), but it is recommended to use it
+   if the time unit is the last token on a line, otherwise semi-colon inference
+   might go wrong, depending on what starts the next line.
+
+Java provides less syntactic sugar, so you have to spell out the operations as
+method calls instead:
+
+.. code-block:: java
+
+   final Duration fivesec = Duration.create(5, "seconds");
+   final Duration threemillis = Duration.parse("3 millis");
+   final Duration diff = fivesec.minus(threemillis);
+   assert (diff.lt(fivesec));
+   assert (Duration.Zero().lt(Duration.Inf()));
+
+
diff --git a/akka-docs/scala/testing.rst b/akka-docs/scala/testing.rst
index ecf86720db..9238cfd198 100644
--- a/akka-docs/scala/testing.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/scala/testing.rst
@@ -332,42 +332,3 @@ has to offer:
    exception stack traces
  - Exclusion of certain classes of dead-lock scenarios
 
-.. _Duration:
-
-Duration
-========
-
-Durations are used throughout the Akka library, wherefore this concept is
-represented by a special data type, :class:`Duration`. Values of this type may
-represent infinite (:obj:`Duration.Inf`, :obj:`Duration.MinusInf`) or finite
-durations, where the latter are constructable using a mini-DSL:
-
-.. code-block:: scala
-
-   import akka.util.duration._   // notice the small d
-
-   val fivesec = 5.seconds
-   val threemillis = 3.millis
-   val diff = fivesec - threemillis
-   assert (diff < fivesec)
-
-.. note::
-
-   You may leave out the dot if the expression is clearly delimited (e.g.
-   within parentheses or in an argument list), but it is recommended to use it
-   if the time unit is the last token on a line, otherwise semi-colon inference
-   might go wrong, depending on what starts the next line.
-
-Java provides less syntactic sugar, so you have to spell out the operations as
-method calls instead:
-
-.. code-block:: java
-
-   final Duration fivesec = Duration.create(5, "seconds");
-   final Duration threemillis = Duration.parse("3 millis");
-   final Duration diff = fivesec.minus(threemillis);
-   assert (diff.lt(fivesec));
-   assert (Duration.Zero().lt(Duration.Inf()));
-
-
-