diff --git a/docs/content/error/compile/tplrt.ngdoc b/docs/content/error/compile/tplrt.ngdoc
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--- a/docs/content/error/compile/tplrt.ngdoc
+++ b/docs/content/error/compile/tplrt.ngdoc
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 @description
 
 When a directive is declared with `template` (or `templateUrl`) and `replace` mode on, the template must have exactly one root element.
-Otherwise the replacement operation would result in a single element being replaced with multiple elements or nodes, which is unsupported and not commonly needed in practice.
+That is, the text of the template property or the content referenced by the templateUrl must be contained within a single html element.
+For example, '<p>blah <em>blah</em> blah</p>' instead of simply 'blah <em>blah</em> blah'.
+Otherwise, the replacement operation would result in a single element (the directive) being replaced with multiple elements or nodes, which is unsupported and not commonly needed in practice.
 
 
 For example a directive with definition: