diff --git a/galleries/users_explain/animations/README.txt b/galleries/users_explain/animations/README.txt
index f27c9d60575e..a7d37a0242e6 100644
--- a/galleries/users_explain/animations/README.txt
+++ b/galleries/users_explain/animations/README.txt
@@ -7,9 +7,3 @@ generate animations using the `~matplotlib.animation` module. An
 animation is a sequence of frames where each frame corresponds to a plot on a
 `~matplotlib.figure.Figure`. This tutorial covers a general guideline on
 how to create such animations and the different options available.
-
-.. toctree::
-    :maxdepth: 1
-
-    animations
-    blitting
diff --git a/galleries/users_explain/colors/README.txt b/galleries/users_explain/colors/README.txt
index 47937235de36..79f49c523f56 100644
--- a/galleries/users_explain/colors/README.txt
+++ b/galleries/users_explain/colors/README.txt
@@ -11,12 +11,3 @@ these colormaps look, how you can create your own, and how you can
 customize colormaps for your use case.
 
 For even more information see the :ref:`examples page <color_examples>`.
-
-.. toctree::
-    :maxdepth: 1
-
-    colors
-    colorbar_only
-    colormap-manipulation
-    colormapnorms
-    colormaps
diff --git a/galleries/users_explain/index.rst b/galleries/users_explain/index.rst
index fc91748377f0..16ac05f06671 100644
--- a/galleries/users_explain/index.rst
+++ b/galleries/users_explain/index.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Using Matplotlib
 
         .. toctree::
             :maxdepth: 2
+            :includehidden:
 
             quick_start
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ Using Matplotlib
 
         .. toctree::
             :maxdepth: 2
+            :includehidden:
 
             figure/index
 
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ Using Matplotlib
 
         .. toctree::
             :maxdepth: 2
+            :includehidden:
 
             axes/index
 
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ Using Matplotlib
 
         .. toctree::
             :maxdepth: 2
+            :includehidden:
 
             artists/index
 
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ Using Matplotlib
 
         .. toctree::
             :maxdepth: 2
+            :includehidden:
 
             customizing
 
@@ -53,6 +58,7 @@ Using Matplotlib
 
         .. toctree::
             :maxdepth: 2
+            :includehidden:
 
             axis/index
 
@@ -61,6 +67,7 @@ Using Matplotlib
 
         .. toctree::
             :maxdepth: 2
+            :includehidden:
 
             colors/index
 
@@ -69,6 +76,7 @@ Using Matplotlib
 
         .. toctree::
             :maxdepth: 2
+            :includehidden:
 
             text/index
 
@@ -77,6 +85,7 @@ Using Matplotlib
 
         .. toctree::
             :maxdepth: 2
+            :includehidden:
 
             animations/index
 
@@ -85,5 +94,6 @@ Using Matplotlib
 
         .. toctree::
             :maxdepth: 2
+            :includehidden:
 
             toolkits/index
diff --git a/galleries/users_explain/text/README.txt b/galleries/users_explain/text/README.txt
index 0de164732776..9046e991c924 100644
--- a/galleries/users_explain/text/README.txt
+++ b/galleries/users_explain/text/README.txt
@@ -12,14 +12,3 @@ rotations, and Unicode support. These tutorials cover
 the basics of working with text in Matplotlib.
 
 For even more information see the :ref:`examples page <text_labels_and_annotations>`.
-
-.. toctree::
-    :maxdepth: 1
-
-    text_intro
-    text_props
-    annotations
-    fonts
-    mathtext
-    pgf
-    usetex