diff --git a/spring-framework-reference/src/getting-started.xml b/spring-framework-reference/src/getting-started.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index b07b933156c..00000000000
--- a/spring-framework-reference/src/getting-started.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
- "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
-
-<chapter id="getting-started">
-  <title>Getting started with Spring</title>
-
-  <para>
-    This chapter will give you a quick introduction and serve as a guide for how to get started
-	using the Spring Framework for your Java development. We can of course only cover a tiny 
-	subset of the available features in this chapter. You will have to turn to the rest of this 
-	reference document for more detailed coverage of all features.</para>
-	
-  <section id="start-app-context">
-    <title>Creating an ApplicationContext</title>
-    <para>We ...</para>
-
-  </section>
-
-  <section id="start-the-dao">
-    <title>The Data Access Object</title>
-    <para>We ...</para>
-
-  </section>
-
-  <section id="start-business">
-    <title>The Business Layer</title>
-    <para>We ...</para>
-
-  </section>
-
-  <section id="start-web">
-    <title>The Web UI</title>
-    <para>We ...</para>
-
-  </section>
-
-</chapter>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-framework-reference/src/new-in-3.xml b/spring-framework-reference/src/new-in-3.xml
index cf39e5b110e..566eb449287 100644
--- a/spring-framework-reference/src/new-in-3.xml
+++ b/spring-framework-reference/src/new-in-3.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@
     issue</ulink>.</para>
   </section>
 
+  <section id="new-in-3-new-tutorial">
+    <title>New getting started tutorial</title>
+
+    <para>There is now a new getting started tutorial for developing a basic 
+	Spring 3.0 MVC web application. This tutorial is a separate document that can 
+	be found at the <ulink url="http://www.springsource.org/documentation">
+	Spring Documentation</ulink> page.</para>
+  </section>
+
   <section id="new-in-3-modules-build">
     <title>New module organization and build system</title>
 
diff --git a/spring-framework-reference/src/spring-framework-reference.xml b/spring-framework-reference/src/spring-framework-reference.xml
index e22eab8c2d8..a6c78699459 100644
--- a/spring-framework-reference/src/spring-framework-reference.xml
+++ b/spring-framework-reference/src/spring-framework-reference.xml
@@ -125,10 +125,9 @@
 	</bookinfo>
 	<!-- front matter -->
 	<toc/>
-    <xi:include href="preface.xml"/>
-    <xi:include href="overview.xml"/>
+	<xi:include href="preface.xml"/>
+	<xi:include href="overview.xml"/>
 	<xi:include href="new-in-3.xml"/>
-	<xi:include href="getting-started.xml"/>
 	<part id="spring-core">
 		<title>Core Technologies</title>
 		<partintro id="spring-core-intro">