diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index bf9ac2ac..55becc8b 100644
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -275,15 +275,15 @@ Template pages
 ==============
 
 If you want to generate custom pages besides your blog entries, you can point
-any Jinja2 template file with a path pointing to the file and the URL it will
-match.
+any Jinja2 template file with a path pointing to the file and the destination
+path for the generated file.
 
-For instance, if you have a blog with four static pages, for a list of books,
+For instance, if you have a blog with three static pages, for a list of books,
 your resume and a contact page, you could have::
 
-    TEMPLATE_PAGES = {'/books.html': 'static/books.html',
-                    '/resume.html': 'static/resume.html',
-                    '/contact.html': 'static/contact.html'}
+    TEMPLATE_PAGES = {'src/books.html': 'dest/books.html',
+                    'src/resume.html': 'dest/resume.html',
+                    'src/contact.html': 'dest/contact.html'}
 
 Feed settings
 =============
diff --git a/pelican/generators.py b/pelican/generators.py
index c7b29bab..f056484a 100644
--- a/pelican/generators.py
+++ b/pelican/generators.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import random
 import logging
 import datetime
 import subprocess
-from os.path import exists, getmtime
 
 from codecs import open
 from collections import defaultdict
@@ -113,29 +112,29 @@ class Generator(object):
 
 class _FileLoader(BaseLoader):
 
-    def __init__(self, path):
+    def __init__(self, path, basedir):
         self.path = path
+        self.fullpath = os.path.join(basedir, path)
 
     def get_source(self, environment, template):
-        path = template
-        if not exists(path):
+        if template != self.path or not os.path.exists(self.fullpath):
             raise TemplateNotFound(template)
-        mtime = getmtime(path)
-        with file(path) as f:
+        mtime = os.path.getmtime(self.fullpath)
+        with file(self.fullpath) as f:
             source = f.read().decode('utf-8')
-        return source, path, lambda: mtime == getmtime(path)
+        return source, self.fullpath, \
+                lambda: mtime == os.path.getmtime(self.fullpath)
 
 
 class TemplatePagesGenerator(Generator):
 
     def generate_output(self, writer):
-        for urlpath, source in self.settings['TEMPLATE_PAGES'].items():
-            self.env.loader.loaders.insert(0, _FileLoader(source))
+        for source, dest in self.settings['TEMPLATE_PAGES'].items():
+            self.env.loader.loaders.insert(0, _FileLoader(source, self.path))
             try:
                 template = self.env.get_template(source)
                 rurls = self.settings.get('RELATIVE_URLS')
-                writer.write_file(
-                        urlpath.strip('/'), template, self.context, rurls)
+                writer.write_file(dest, template, self.context, rurls)
             finally:
                 del self.env.loader.loaders[0]