diff --git a/blueprints/ember-cli-addon-docs/index.js b/blueprints/ember-cli-addon-docs/index.js
index b2f40b658..715910974 100644
--- a/blueprints/ember-cli-addon-docs/index.js
+++ b/blueprints/ember-cli-addon-docs/index.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ module.exports = {
         'ember-cli-deploy-build',
         'ember-cli-deploy-git',
         'ember-cli-deploy-git-ci',
+        'ember-data',
       ],
     });
   },
diff --git a/tests/dummy/app/templates/docs/quickstart.md b/tests/dummy/app/templates/docs/quickstart.md
index beb103e81..2cc07e752 100644
--- a/tests/dummy/app/templates/docs/quickstart.md
+++ b/tests/dummy/app/templates/docs/quickstart.md
@@ -2,10 +2,16 @@
 
 ## 1. Install AddonDocs
 
-```
+```sh
 ember install ember-cli-addon-docs
 ```
 
+[Ember Data](https://github.com/emberjs/data) is a required peer dependency, so if you're not already using it in your addon, you'll need to install it.
+
+```sh
+ember install ember-data
+```
+
 ## 2. Install ember-cli-addon-docs-yuidoc
 
 API docs are autogenerated from comments in your source code, and require an additional plugin to be installed.