diff --git a/debian/README.templates.d b/debian/README.templates.d
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+#
+# As of Debian version 0.6.16-1, the default config.php adds all directories
+# inside /etc/pnp4nagios/templates.d/ to the templates_dirs configuration.
+# This allows third-party packages to provide their own set of PNP4Nagios
+# templates and create a symlink to the template directory inside
+# /etc/pnp4nagios/templates.d.
+#