templates are not clear

The template description is too ambiguous. I tried to use template tiddlers just to realize that the template should be a string. For example a date format.

editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/ViewWidget.tid

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The content of the `<$view>` widget is displayed if the field or property is mis
 |field |The name of the field to view (defaults to "text") |
 |index |The name of the index to view |
 |format |The format for displaying the field (see below) |
-|template |The optional template used with certain formats |
+|template |Optional template string used with certain formats such as dates |
 |subtiddler |Optional SubTiddler title when the target tiddler is a [[plugin|Plugins]] (see below) |
 
 !! Formats