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diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn
index 6269f5dd8..70bd2ad25 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn
@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@ the directive displaying a note about the template being registered, add
 "silent=yes".
 
 Often the template page contains a simple skeleton for a particular type of
-page. For the bug report pages in the above example, it might look
-something like:
+page, wrapped in a [[templatebody]] directive. For the bug report pages in
+the above example, it might look something like:
 
+	\[[!templatebody <<ENDBODY
 	Package: 
 	Version: 
 	Reproducible: y/n
 	Details:
+	ENDBODY]]
 
 The template page can also contain [[!cpan HTML::Template]] directives,
 like other ikiwiki [[templates]].
@@ -43,4 +45,10 @@ These variables might be set:
   suitable for use in `\[[!meta date="<TMPL_VAR time>"]]`
   (see [[meta]]) or `\[[!date "<TMPL_VAR time>"]]` (see [[date]]).
 
+Text outside the [[templatebody]] directive is not part of the template,
+and can be used to document it.
+
+If the template does not contain a [[templatebody]] directive, the entire
+source of the page is used for the template. This is deprecated.
+
 [[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]