-"These templates are used to build the wiki. The aim is to keep almost all "
-"html out of ikiwiki and in the templates."
+"Template files are unlike template pages in that they have the extension `."
+"tmpl`. Template files are used extensively by Ikiwiki to generate html. "
+"They can contain html that would not normally be allowed on a wiki page."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+msgid ""
+"Template files are located in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates` by default; the "
+"`templatedir` setting can be used to make another directory be searched "
+"first. Customised template files can also be placed inside the \"templates/"
+"\" directory in your wiki's source -- files placed there override ones in "
+"the `templatedir`."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+msgid "Here is a full list of the template files used:"