diff --git a/docs/howto/overriding-templates.txt b/docs/howto/overriding-templates.txt
index f46dd1d85f..e7c65dd354 100644
--- a/docs/howto/overriding-templates.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/overriding-templates.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ the default Django template loader will try to load the template from the
 project-level directory first. In other words, :setting:`DIRS <TEMPLATES-DIRS>`
 is searched before :setting:`APP_DIRS <TEMPLATES-APP_DIRS>`.
 
+.. seealso::
+
+   Read :ref:`overriding-built-in-widget-templates` if you're looking to
+   do that.
+
 Overriding from the project's templates directory
 =================================================
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/renderers.txt b/docs/ref/forms/renderers.txt
index 71f0661f94..58caa08c32 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/renderers.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/renderers.txt
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ Some widgets add further information to the context. For instance, all widgets
 that subclass ``Input`` defines ``widget['type']`` and :class:`.MultiWidget`
 defines ``widget['subwidgets']`` for looping purposes.
 
+.. _overriding-built-in-widget-templates:
+
 Overriding built-in widget templates
 ====================================
 
@@ -123,6 +125,6 @@ Each widget has a ``template_name`` attribute with a value such as
 ``input.html`` by defining ``django/forms/widgets/input.html``, for example.
 See :ref:`built-in widgets` for the name of each widget's template.
 
-If you use the :class:`TemplatesSetting` renderer, overriding widget templates
-works the same as overriding any other template in your project. You can't
-override built-in widget templates using the other built-in renderers.
+To override widget templates, you must use the :class:`TemplatesSetting`
+renderer. Then overriding widget templates works :doc:`the same as
+</howto/overriding-templates>` overriding any other template in your project.