diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 3a6f56ec99..e530ce70bd 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ linters-settings:
     simplify: true
   forbidigo:
     # Forbid the following identifiers (list of regexp).
+    # Format includes custom message based on https://github.com/ashanbrown/forbidigo/pull/11
     forbid:
+      - '\bhtml\/template\b(# Use text/template instead)?'
       - '\bioutil\b(# Use io and os packages instead of ioutil)?'
       - '\brequire\.New\b(# Use package-level functions with explicit TestingT)?'
       - '\bassert\.New\b(# Use package-level functions with explicit TestingT)?'