diff --git a/django/template/loader_tags.py b/django/template/loader_tags.py
index b20c318f1f..e329b1bb36 100644
--- a/django/template/loader_tags.py
+++ b/django/template/loader_tags.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ExtendsNode(Node):
                 error_msg += " Got this from the %r variable." % self.parent_name_expr #TODO nice repr.
             raise TemplateSyntaxError, error_msg
         if hasattr(parent, 'render'):
-            return parent
+            return parent # parent is a Template object
         try:
             source, origin = find_template_source(parent, self.template_dirs)
         except TemplateDoesNotExist: