content: Update templates.Defer note

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Joe Mooring
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@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ aliases: [/functions/templates.defer]
{{< new-in 0.128.0 />}}
> [!note]
> This feature is meant to be used in the main page layout files/templates, and has undefined behavior when used from shortcodes, partials, or render hook templates. See [this issue](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/13492#issuecomment-2734700391) for more info.
> This feature should only be used in the main page template, typically `layouts/baseof.html`. Using it in shortcodes, partials, or render hook templates may lead to unpredictable results. For further details, please refer to [this issue].
[this issue]: https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/13492#issuecomment-2734700391
In some rare use cases, you may need to defer the execution of a template until after all sites and output formats have been rendered. One such example could be [TailwindCSS](/functions/css/tailwindcss/) using the output of [hugo_stats.json](/configuration/build/) to determine which classes and other HTML identifiers are being used in the final output: