-the source directory of the wiki. (Not to be confused with the
-[[wikitemplates]] which are stored in a different location.)
+the source directory of the wiki.
+
+(Alternatively, templates can be stored in a directory outside the wiki,
+as files with the extension ".tmpl".
+By default, these are searched for in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`;
+the `templatedir` setting can be used to make another directory be searched
+first.)