diff --git a/docs/themes.rst b/docs/themes.rst
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--- a/docs/themes.rst
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@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ How to create themes for pelican
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 Pelican uses the great `jinja2 <http://jinjna.pocoo.org>`_ templating engine to
-generate it's HTML output.
+generate it's HTML output. The jinja2 syntax is really simple. If you want to
+create your own theme, feel free to take inspiration from the "simple" theme,
+which is available `here
+<https://github.com/ametaireau/pelican/tree/master/pelican/themes/simple/templates>`_
 
 Structure
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