Update docs on default backend shortcut

docs/source/backends.rst

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 Backends
 ========
 
-Backends are the protocols and methods used to communicate with the Monero daemon and interact with
-the wallet. As of the time of this writing, the only backends available in this library are:
+The module comes with possibility of replacing the underlying backend. Backends are the protocols
+and methods used to communicate with the Monero daemon or wallet. As of the time of this writing,
+the module offers the following options:
 
  * ``jsonrpc`` for the HTTP based RPC server,
  * ``offline`` for running the wallet without Internet connection and even without the wallet file.
@@ -18,6 +19,14 @@ The Python `requests`_ library is used in order to facilitate HTTP requests to t
 interface. It makes POST requests and passes proper headers, parameters, and payload data as per
 the official `Wallet RPC`_ documentation.
 
+Also, ``jsonrpc`` backend is the default choice and both ``Wallet`` and ``Daemon`` classes
+can be invoked in a simple form with no ``backend`` argument given. They will assume connection to
+the default *mainnet* port on *localhost*, like below:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    In [1]: wallet = Wallet()   # is equivalent to: wallet = Wallet(JSONRPCWallet(host='localhost', port=18081)
+
 .. _`requests`: http://docs.python-requests.org/
 
 .. _`Wallet RPC`: https://getmonero.org/resources/developer-guides/wallet-rpc.html

docs/source/daemon.rst

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 Interacting with daemon
 =======================
 
-The module offers an interface to interact with Monero daemon. For the time being, like with
-wallet, the only available method to connnect to a daemon is by JSON RPC commands. The initializer
+The module offers an interface to interact with Monero daemon. For the time being, the only
+available method to connnect to a daemon is by JSON RPC commands but the module allows for
+providing a :doc:`custom backend <backends>`. The initializer
 accepts keywords including, but not limited to, ``host``, ``port``, ``user``, and ``password``.
 
 .. code-block:: python

docs/source/wallet.rst

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 Using wallet and accounts
 =========================
 
-Since Monero 'Helium Hydra' (0.11.x) the wallet handles accounts and deterministically
-generated addresses, known as *subaddresses*.
+The Wallet class provides an abstraction layer to retrieve wallet information, manage accounts and
+subaddresses, and of course send transfers.
 
 The wallet
 ----------
 
 The following example shows how to create and retrieve wallet's accounts and
-addresses:
+addresses via the default JSON RPC backend:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 

monero/daemon.py

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ class Daemon(object):
     Provides interface to a daemon instance.
 
     :param backend: a daemon backend
-    :param \\**kwargs: arguments to initialize a JSONRPCDaemon instance if no backend is given
+    :param \\**kwargs: arguments to initialize a :class:`JSONRPCDaemon <monero.backends.jsonrpc.JSONRPCDaemon>`
+                        instance if no backend is given
     """
     def __init__(self, backend=None, **kwargs):
         if backend and len(kwargs):

monero/wallet.py

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ class Wallet(object):
     The wallet exposes a number of methods that operate on the default account (of index 0).
 
     :param backend: a wallet backend
-    :param \\**kwargs: arguments to initialize a JSONRPCWallet instance if no backend is given
+    :param \\**kwargs: arguments to initialize a :class:`JSONRPCWallet <monero.backends.jsonrpc.JSONRPCWallet>`
+                        instance if no backend is given
     """
     accounts = None