diff --git a/source/templates.tex b/source/templates.tex
index 369755465d..67d0909b39 100644
--- a/source/templates.tex
+++ b/source/templates.tex
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 
 \item be an \grammarterm{alias-declaration}.
 \end{itemize}
+It shall not be a \grammarterm{linkage-specification}.
 
 \pnum
 A \grammarterm{template-declaration} is a \grammarterm{declaration}.
@@ -152,8 +153,6 @@
 \indextext{template name!linkage of}%
 A specialization (explicit or implicit) of one template is
 distinct from all specializations of any other template.
-A template, an explicit specialization\iref{temp.expl.spec}, and a
-partial specialization shall not have C language linkage.
 \begin{note}
 Default arguments for function templates and for member functions of
 class templates are considered definitions for the purpose of template