diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index 6fe2dc1462c..1ccd16ba48d 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -2422,7 +2422,10 @@ OPTIONS
 Default: ``{}`` (Empty dict)
 
 Extra parameters to pass to the template backend. Available parameters vary
-depending on the template backend.
+depending on the template backend. See
+:class:`~django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates` and
+:class:`~django.template.backends.jinja2.Jinja2` for the options of the
+built-in backends.
 
 .. setting:: TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS