diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cb08b11..c634c7f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ burrow update-git     # pull latest git repo for gopher dir, if exists
 - `edit-config` will open your burrow configuration file for easy editing.
 
 - `phlog` will prompt for the title of a new post, then open it in your default
-`$EDITOR`. By default it will provide you a template, but you can override this
-by including a `.template` file in your phlog directory.
+`$EDITOR`.
 
 - `gophermap` will open a gophermap file for editing. This will
 remove any `type i` formatting and allow comments to be added in natural text.
diff --git a/burrow b/burrow
index acc3389..6a7725c 100755
--- a/burrow
+++ b/burrow
@@ -383,10 +383,7 @@ make_post_temp () {
   temp_post=$(mktemp -t "$(basename "$0").post.XXXXXXX") || \
     die "Failed to create temporary file" 1
 
-  # Populate tempfile with either template or default template
-  if [ -f "${post_dir}/.template" ]; then
-    cat "${post_dir}/.template" > "$temp_post"
-  elif [ -n "$title" ]; then
+  if [ -n "$title" ]; then
     { printf "%s\\n%s\\n" "----------------------------------------" "$title"
       if $use_date; then
         date +"%B %d$(day_suffix), %Y"
diff --git a/burrow.1 b/burrow.1
index b24ddbf..eef0a30 100644
--- a/burrow.1
+++ b/burrow.1
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@ modification, and maintenance of a gopher hole.
 .TP
 .B phlog
 Prompt for the title of a new post, then open it in your default
-$EDITOR. By default it will provide you a template, but you can override this
-by including a 
-.I .template
-file in your phlog directory.
+$EDITOR.
 .TP
 .B gophermap
 Open a gophermap file relative to your gopher directory for editing,