diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/java/stream/stream-quickstart.rst b/akka-docs/rst/java/stream/stream-quickstart.rst
index 92ef0188dff..d1ae27a3362 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/java/stream/stream-quickstart.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/java/stream/stream-quickstart.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 Quick Start Guide
 =================
 
+Create a project and add the akka-streams dependency to the build tool of your
+choice as described in :ref:`build-tool`.
+
 A stream usually begins at a source, so this is also how we start an Akka
 Stream. Before we create one, we import the full complement of streaming tools:
 
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/stream/stream-quickstart.rst b/akka-docs/rst/scala/stream/stream-quickstart.rst
index d5ca4103d5c..69b7b4c409c 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/scala/stream/stream-quickstart.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/scala/stream/stream-quickstart.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 Quick Start Guide
 =================
 
+Create a project and add the akka-streams dependency to the build tool of your
+choice as described in :ref:`build-tool`.
+
 A stream usually begins at a source, so this is also how we start an Akka
 Stream. Before we create one, we import the full complement of streaming tools: