So the thing is, the link provided is not really intended to be "teach me what syntax means." It is meant to provide a reference for various tokens. And it does

So the thing is, the link provided is not really intended to be "teach me what syntax means." It is meant to provide a reference for various tokens. And it does that, because the turbofish isn't a single thing, it's a combination of two things. If the goal of this page was "comprehensively explain Rust syntax to someone who doesn't know Rust," I would agree with you. But it's "produce a spec-like document for experts who want fine-grained details about the language."