diff --git a/go/catalogue/config_test.go b/go/catalogue/config_test.go
index fd7f55e..1168074 100644
--- a/go/catalogue/config_test.go
+++ b/go/catalogue/config_test.go
@@ -482,3 +482,29 @@ func TestAnOperatorNamedValueAFileFallsBackOnMayHaveADefault(t *testing.T) {
 		"default": "", "runtime": true}
 	refused(t, runtime, `"url"`, `a key naming "url" is the operator's value`)
 }
+
+// 1658/AC1: a value whose only placement is ${config:key} in an item's text is placed.
+func TestConfigCountsAnItemsTextAsAPlacement(t *testing.T) {
+	m := map[string]any{
+		"module": "m", "version": "1",
+		"config": map[string]any{
+			"k": map[string]any{"type": "string", "description": "a word the item says", "default": "x"},
+		},
+		"items": []any{map[string]any{"collection": "a", "content": "k = ${config:k}\n"}},
+	}
+	if _, err := parseRaw(t, m); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("a value placed only in an item's text is refused: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// 1658/AC2: a declared value placed nowhere, with an item that does not say it, is still refused.
+func TestConfigStillRefusesAValueNoItemPlaces(t *testing.T) {
+	m := map[string]any{
+		"module": "m", "version": "1",
+		"config": map[string]any{
+			"k": map[string]any{"type": "string", "description": "a word nothing says", "default": "x"},
+		},
+		"items": []any{map[string]any{"collection": "a", "content": "k = fixed\n"}},
+	}
+	refused(t, m, `"k"`, "placed nowhere")
+}
diff --git a/go/catalogue/setting_into.go b/go/catalogue/setting_into.go
index fbb966f..3c38bb7 100644
--- a/go/catalogue/setting_into.go
+++ b/go/catalogue/setting_into.go
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func settingKeysUsedBy(m Manifest) map[string]bool {
 	return used
 }
 
-// settingKeysAskedOutsideOwners is every key a module's files, units, contributions and served facts
+// settingKeysAskedOutsideOwners is every key a module's files, units, items, contributions and served facts
 // ask for: what a directory's owner may follow (OwnerSettingProblems).
 func settingKeysAskedOutsideOwners(m Manifest) map[string]bool {
 	used := map[string]bool{}
@@ -345,6 +345,10 @@ func settingKeysAskedOutsideOwners(m Manifest) map[string]bool {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	// An item's text, filled from its template (WithTemplatesFrom), places a key as a file's does (issue 1658).
+	for _, it := range m.Items {
+		note(it.Content)
+	}
 	inValues := func(values map[string]any) {
 		for _, v := range values {
 			if s, ok := v.(string); ok {