diff --git a/docs/templates_python.txt b/docs/templates_python.txt
index bc05d769ad..39e5b9d91a 100644
--- a/docs/templates_python.txt
+++ b/docs/templates_python.txt
@@ -366,6 +366,18 @@ If ``TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS`` contains this processor, every
 `HttpRequest object`_. Note that this processor is not enabled by default;
 you'll have to activate it.
 
+Writing your own context processors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+A context processor has a very simple interface: It's just a Python function
+that takes one argument, an ``HttpRequest`` object, and returns a dictionary
+that gets added to the template context. Each context processor *must* return
+a dictionary.
+
+Custom context processors can live anywhere in your code base. All Django cares
+about is that your custom context processors are pointed-to by your
+``TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS`` setting.
+
 Loading templates
 -----------------