The Teichmüller space of a finite-type surface is considered. It is shown that Teichmüller distance is not $C^{2 + \epsilon }$ for any $\epsilon > 0$. Furthermore, Teichmüller distance is not $C^{2 + g}$ for any gauge function $g$ with $\liminf_{u \to 0} g(u)\log (1 / u)=0$.