diff --git a/doc/release-notes/guides-toc-depth.md b/doc/release-notes/guides-toc-depth.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0f5dd39186f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-notes/guides-toc-depth.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Guides Table of Contents Depth
+
+On the home page for each guide (User Guide, etc.) there was an overwhelming amount of information in the form of a deeply nested tabled of contents. The depth of the table of contents has been reduced to two levels, making the home page for each guide more readable. See #11166.
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/index.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/index.rst
index 633842044b4..bada3ea20b4 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/index.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/index.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ This guide documents the functionality only available to superusers (such as "da
 **Contents:**
 
 .. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
 
    dashboard
    external-tools
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/index.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/index.rst
index dd195aa9d62..5ff7626271d 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/index.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/index.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ API Guide
 **Contents:**
 
 .. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
 
    intro
    getting-started
@@ -24,4 +25,4 @@ API Guide
    linkeddatanotification
    apps
    faq
-   changelog
\ No newline at end of file
+   changelog
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/container/index.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/container/index.rst
index abf871dd340..38641cce642 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/container/index.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/container/index.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Container Guide
 **Contents:**
 
 .. toctree::
+  :maxdepth: 2
 
   intro
   running/index
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/contributor/index.md b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/contributor/index.md
index 1017f15f0ed..f7979b1dd0c 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/contributor/index.md
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/contributor/index.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Thank you for your interest in contributing to Dataverse!  We are open to contri
 
 ```{contents} Contents:
 :local:
-:depth: 3
+:depth: 2
 ```
 
 ## Ideas and Feature Requests
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/developers/index.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/developers/index.rst
index 6d01e13d78e..90ccc261b1d 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/developers/index.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/developers/index.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Developer Guide
 **Contents:**
 
 .. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
 
    intro
    dev-environment
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/index.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/index.rst
index 1965448aedb..e9abc176d6a 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/index.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/index.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Installation Guide
 **Contents:**
 
 .. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
 
    intro
    prep
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/qa/index.md b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/qa/index.md
index f16cd1d38fc..623b93ef31b 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/qa/index.md
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/qa/index.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # QA Guide
 
 ```{toctree}
+:caption: "Contents:"
+:maxdepth: 2
 overview.md
 testing-approach.md
 testing-infrastructure.md
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/style/index.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/style/index.rst
index 0e93716e146..65a9f0b2b55 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/style/index.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/style/index.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ This style guide is meant to help developers implement clear and appropriate UI
 **Contents:**
 
 .. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
 
    foundations
    patterns
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/user/index.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/user/index.rst
index 857bd27ca22..cd6ccdbd421 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/user/index.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/user/index.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ User Guide
 **Contents:**
 
 .. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
 
    account
    find-use-data