diff --git a/i18n/ve-mw/en.json b/i18n/ve-mw/en.json
index c7bd49deb4..d9d5878241 100644
--- a/i18n/ve-mw/en.json
+++ b/i18n/ve-mw/en.json
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@
 	"visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-required-parameter-dialog-ok": "Continue anyway",
 	"visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-required-parameter-dialog-title": "Required {{PLURAL:$1|field|fields}} missing",
 	"visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-required-parameter-is-blank": "Are you sure you want to continue without filling the $1 {{PLURAL:$2|field|fields}}?",
+	"visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-see-template": "Templates are user-generated and may lack complete descriptions. There might be additional information on this [[$1|template's page]].",
 	"visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-suggestedvalues-warning": "This is not one of the suggested values and may not work with the template.",
 	"visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-title-insert-template": "Insert a template",
 	"visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-title-insert-known-template": "Insert: $1",
diff --git a/i18n/ve-mw/qqq.json b/i18n/ve-mw/qqq.json
index a74d499a67..cec8463beb 100644
--- a/i18n/ve-mw/qqq.json
+++ b/i18n/ve-mw/qqq.json
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@
 	"visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-required-parameter-dialog-ok": "Label for the OK button on the confirmation dialog opened if the user tries to insert/edit a template without filling all required fields.\n{{Identical|Continue anyway}}",
 	"visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-required-parameter-dialog-title": "Title for the confirmation dialog opened if the user tries to insert/edit a template without filling all required fields.\n\nParameters:\n* $1 - Number of parameters missing, for PLURAL support.",
 	"visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-required-parameter-is-blank": "Label for the confirmation dialog opened if the user tries to insert/edit a template without filling all required fields.\n\nParameters:\n* $1 - Parameters missing, as a list using {{msg-mw|and}}, {{msg-mw|comma-separator}} and {{msg-mw|word-separator}}.\n* $2 - Number of parameters missing, for PLURAL support.",
+	"visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-see-template": "Message to user that additional template information might be available for a template.\n\nParameters:\n* $1 - The title of the template.",
 	"visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-suggestedvalues-warning": "Message shown to an editor when they manually add a value that is not a suggested value for a parameter.",
 	"visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-title-insert-template": "Label for the transclusion dialog when selecting a transclusion to insert.",
 	"visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-title-insert-known-template": "Label for the transclusion dialog when editing a transclusion to insert.\n\nParameters:\n* $1 - Transclusion name.",
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWTemplatePage.js b/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWTemplatePage.js
index bf261db015..f561e84583 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWTemplatePage.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWTemplatePage.js
@@ -58,18 +58,26 @@ ve.ui.MWTemplatePage = function VeUiMWTemplatePage( template, name, config ) {
 					$( '<hr>' ),
 					$( '<span>' )
 						.addClass( 've-ui-mwTemplatePage-description-extra' )
-						.append( mw.message(
-							'visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-more-template-description',
-							this.spec.getLabel(),
-							link
-						).parseDom() )
+						.append(
+							veConfig.transclusionDialogNewSidebar ?
+								mw.message( 'visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-more-template-description',
+									this.spec.getLabel(), link ).parseDom() :
+								mw.message( 'visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-see-template',
+									link ).parseDom()
+						)
 				);
-		} else {
+		} else if ( pageMissing ) {
 			this.$description
 				.addClass( 've-ui-mwTemplatePage-description-missing' )
 				.append( mw.message(
-					pageMissing ? 'visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-absent-template' :
-						'visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-no-template-description',
+					'visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-absent-template',
+					this.spec.getLabel()
+				).parseDom() );
+		} else if ( !veConfig.transclusionDialogNewSidebar || this.spec.isDocumented() ) {
+			this.$description
+				.addClass( 've-ui-mwTemplatePage-description-missing' )
+				.append( mw.message(
+					'visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-no-template-description',
 					this.spec.getLabel(), link
 				).parseDom() );
 		}