diff --git a/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt b/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt
index 79bd1a6a6a..9bd53da2b9 100644
--- a/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/i18n/translation.txt
@@ -463,6 +463,9 @@ Internationalization: in template code
 Translations in :doc:`Django templates </topics/templates>` uses two template
 tags and a slightly different syntax than in Python code. To give your template
 access to these tags, put ``{% load i18n %}`` toward the top of your template.
+As with all template tags, this tag needs to be loaded in all templates which
+use translations, even those templates that extend from other templates which
+have already loaded the ``i18n`` tag.
 
 .. templatetag:: trans