diff --git a/Doc/templates/howto.tex b/Doc/templates/howto.tex
index fcb213a9d5e..1f7bb6fccc3 100644
--- a/Doc/templates/howto.tex
+++ b/Doc/templates/howto.tex
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+% Complete documentation on the extended LaTeX markup used for Python
+% documentation is available in ``Documenting Python'', which is part
+% of the standard documentation for Python.  It may be found online
+% at:
+%
+%     http://www.python.org/doc/current/doc/doc.html
+
 \documentclass{howto}
 
 %  This is a template for short or medium-size Python-related documents, 
diff --git a/Doc/templates/manual.tex b/Doc/templates/manual.tex
index a8c8ec21098..e1114d67e25 100644
--- a/Doc/templates/manual.tex
+++ b/Doc/templates/manual.tex
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+% Complete documentation on the extended LaTeX markup used for Python
+% documentation is available in ``Documenting Python'', which is part
+% of the standard documentation for Python.  It may be found online
+% at:
+%
+%     http://www.python.org/doc/current/doc/doc.html
+
 \documentclass{manual}
 
 \title{Big Python Manual}