From 63b3886bfe3c5b50d171355573ab59750e009d03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:42:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added note to customizing-pandoc.

---
 doc/customizing-pandoc.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/customizing-pandoc.md b/doc/customizing-pandoc.md
index 0e4f02755..0fdfc8115 100644
--- a/doc/customizing-pandoc.md
+++ b/doc/customizing-pandoc.md
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ own custom templates, either by using the `--template` option
 or by putting the custom template in your user data directory
 (on linux and macOS, `~/.pandoc/templates/`).
 
+Note that in many cases you can avoid the need for a custom
+template by making use of the `--include-in-header`,
+`--include-before-body`, and `--include-after-body` options.
+
 For more information, see [Templates](/MANUAL.html#templates) in
 the pandoc manual.