diff --git a/docs/templates.txt b/docs/templates.txt
index 8bfa40dc5f..9f2bec1c8b 100644
--- a/docs/templates.txt
+++ b/docs/templates.txt
@@ -1412,3 +1412,12 @@ A collection of template tags that can be useful while designing a website,
 such as a generator of Lorem Ipsum text. See the `webdesign documentation`_.
 
 .. _webdesign documentation: ../webdesign/
+
+Next steps
+==========
+
+Read the document `The Django template language: For Python programmers`_ if
+you're interested in learning the template system from a technical
+perspective -- how it works and how to extend it.
+
+.. _The Django template language: For Python programmers: ../templates_python/