diff --git a/Documentation/index.rst b/Documentation/index.rst
index 71eca3171574..3b491af0122d 100644
--- a/Documentation/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/index.rst
@@ -182,6 +182,19 @@ subprojects.
 
    filesystems/ext4/index
 
+Other documentation
+-------------------
+
+There are several unsorted documents that don't seem to fit on other parts
+of the documentation body, or may require some adjustments and/or conversion
+to ReStructured Text format, or are simply too old.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   staging/index
+
+
 Translations
 ------------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/crc32.txt b/Documentation/staging/crc32.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/crc32.txt
rename to Documentation/staging/crc32.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/staging/index.rst b/Documentation/staging/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e98517675ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/staging/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+Unsorted Documentation
+======================
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   crc32
+   kprobes
+   lzo
+   remoteproc
+   rpmsg
+   speculation
+   static-keys
+   tee
+   xz
+
+Atomic Types
+============
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../atomic_t.txt
+
+Atomic bitops
+=============
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../atomic_bitops.txt
+
+Memory Barriers
+===============
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../memory-barriers.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/staging/kprobes.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/kprobes.txt
rename to Documentation/staging/kprobes.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/lzo.txt b/Documentation/staging/lzo.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/lzo.txt
rename to Documentation/staging/lzo.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/remoteproc.txt b/Documentation/staging/remoteproc.rst
similarity index 99%
rename from Documentation/remoteproc.txt
rename to Documentation/staging/remoteproc.rst
index 2be1147256e0..9cccd3dd6a4b 100644
--- a/Documentation/remoteproc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/staging/remoteproc.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ for remote processors that supports this kind of communication. This way,
 platform-specific remoteproc drivers only need to provide a few low-level
 handlers, and then all rpmsg drivers will then just work
 (for more information about the virtio-based rpmsg bus and its drivers,
-please read Documentation/rpmsg.txt).
+please read Documentation/staging/rpmsg.rst).
 Registration of other types of virtio devices is now also possible. Firmwares
 just need to publish what kind of virtio devices do they support, and then
 remoteproc will add those devices. This makes it possible to reuse the
diff --git a/Documentation/rpmsg.txt b/Documentation/staging/rpmsg.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/rpmsg.txt
rename to Documentation/staging/rpmsg.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/speculation.txt b/Documentation/staging/speculation.rst
similarity index 97%
rename from Documentation/speculation.txt
rename to Documentation/staging/speculation.rst
index 50d7ea857cff..8045d99bcf12 100644
--- a/Documentation/speculation.txt
+++ b/Documentation/staging/speculation.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+===========
+Speculation
+===========
+
 This document explains potential effects of speculation, and how undesirable
 effects can be mitigated portably using common APIs.
 
-===========
-Speculation
-===========
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 To improve performance and minimize average latencies, many contemporary CPUs
 employ speculative execution techniques such as branch prediction, performing
diff --git a/Documentation/static-keys.txt b/Documentation/staging/static-keys.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/static-keys.txt
rename to Documentation/staging/static-keys.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/tee.txt b/Documentation/staging/tee.rst
similarity index 99%
rename from Documentation/tee.txt
rename to Documentation/staging/tee.rst
index c8fad81c4563..324604a15d17 100644
--- a/Documentation/tee.txt
+++ b/Documentation/staging/tee.rst
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ The AMD-TEE driver packages the command buffer payload for processing in TEE.
 The command buffer format for the different TEE commands can be found in [7].
 
 The TEE commands supported by AMD-TEE Trusted OS are:
+
 * TEE_CMD_ID_LOAD_TA          - loads a Trusted Application (TA) binary into
                                 TEE environment.
 * TEE_CMD_ID_UNLOAD_TA        - unloads TA binary from TEE environment.
diff --git a/Documentation/xz.txt b/Documentation/staging/xz.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/xz.txt
rename to Documentation/staging/xz.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
index cc4c5fc313df..c1709165c553 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events
  MEMADDR	: Address where the probe is inserted.
  MAXACTIVE	: Maximum number of instances of the specified function that
 		  can be probed simultaneously, or 0 for the default value
-		  as defined in Documentation/kprobes.txt section 1.3.1.
+		  as defined in Documentation/staging/kprobes.rst section 1.3.1.
 
  FETCHARGS	: Arguments. Each probe can have up to 128 args.
   %REG		: Fetch register REG
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 805309399939..4c9814ee2fdb 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -9597,7 +9597,7 @@ M:	Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
 M:	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
 M:	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
 S:	Maintained
-F:	Documentation/kprobes.txt
+F:	Documentation/staging/kprobes.rst
 F:	include/asm-generic/kprobes.h
 F:	include/linux/kprobes.h
 F:	kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -14500,7 +14500,7 @@ S:	Maintained
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/andersson/remoteproc.git rproc-next
 F:	Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-remoteproc
 F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/
-F:	Documentation/remoteproc.txt
+F:	Documentation/staging/remoteproc.rst
 F:	drivers/remoteproc/
 F:	include/linux/remoteproc.h
 F:	include/linux/remoteproc/
@@ -14512,7 +14512,7 @@ L:	linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/andersson/remoteproc.git rpmsg-next
 F:	Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-rpmsg
-F:	Documentation/rpmsg.txt
+F:	Documentation/staging/rpmsg.rst
 F:	drivers/rpmsg/
 F:	include/linux/rpmsg.h
 F:	include/linux/rpmsg/
@@ -16761,7 +16761,7 @@ TEE SUBSYSTEM
 M:	Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@linaro.org>
 L:	tee-dev@lists.linaro.org
 S:	Maintained
-F:	Documentation/tee.txt
+F:	Documentation/staging/tee.rst
 F:	drivers/tee/
 F:	include/linux/tee_drv.h
 F:	include/uapi/linux/tee.h
diff --git a/include/linux/jump_label.h b/include/linux/jump_label.h
index 3526c0aee954..32809624d422 100644
--- a/include/linux/jump_label.h
+++ b/include/linux/jump_label.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
  * Lacking toolchain and or architecture support, static keys fall back to a
  * simple conditional branch.
  *
- * Additional babbling in: Documentation/static-keys.txt
+ * Additional babbling in: Documentation/staging/static-keys.rst
  */
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
diff --git a/lib/crc32.c b/lib/crc32.c
index 4a20455d1f61..35a03d03f973 100644
--- a/lib/crc32.c
+++ b/lib/crc32.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * Version 2.  See the file COPYING for more details.
  */
 
-/* see: Documentation/crc32.txt for a description of algorithms */
+/* see: Documentation/staging/crc32.rst for a description of algorithms */
 
 #include <linux/crc32.h>
 #include <linux/crc32poly.h>
diff --git a/lib/lzo/lzo1x_decompress_safe.c b/lib/lzo/lzo1x_decompress_safe.c
index 2717c7963acd..7892a40cf765 100644
--- a/lib/lzo/lzo1x_decompress_safe.c
+++ b/lib/lzo/lzo1x_decompress_safe.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
  * depending on the base count. Since the base count is taken from a u8
  * and a few bits, it is safe to assume that it will always be lower than
  * or equal to 2*255, thus we can always prevent any overflow by accepting
- * two less 255 steps. See Documentation/lzo.txt for more information.
+ * two less 255 steps. See Documentation/staging/lzo.rst for more information.
  */
 #define MAX_255_COUNT      ((((size_t)~0) / 255) - 2)
 
diff --git a/lib/xz/Kconfig b/lib/xz/Kconfig
index 22528743d4ce..5cb50245a878 100644
--- a/lib/xz/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/xz/Kconfig
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ config XZ_DEC
 	help
 	  LZMA2 compression algorithm and BCJ filters are supported using
 	  the .xz file format as the container. For integrity checking,
-	  CRC32 is supported. See Documentation/xz.txt for more information.
+	  CRC32 is supported. See Documentation/staging/xz.rst for more information.
 
 if XZ_DEC
 
diff --git a/samples/kprobes/kprobe_example.c b/samples/kprobes/kprobe_example.c
index 501911d1b327..240f2435ce6f 100644
--- a/samples/kprobes/kprobe_example.c
+++ b/samples/kprobes/kprobe_example.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * stack trace and selected registers when _do_fork() is called.
  *
  * For more information on theory of operation of kprobes, see
- * Documentation/kprobes.txt
+ * Documentation/staging/kprobes.rst
  *
  * You will see the trace data in /var/log/messages and on the console
  * whenever _do_fork() is invoked to create a new process.
diff --git a/samples/kprobes/kretprobe_example.c b/samples/kprobes/kretprobe_example.c
index 013e8e6ebae9..78a2da6fb3cd 100644
--- a/samples/kprobes/kretprobe_example.c
+++ b/samples/kprobes/kretprobe_example.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * If no func_name is specified, _do_fork is instrumented
  *
  * For more information on theory of operation of kretprobes, see
- * Documentation/kprobes.txt
+ * Documentation/staging/kprobes.rst
  *
  * Build and insert the kernel module as done in the kprobe example.
  * You will see the trace data in /var/log/messages and on the console
