diff --git a/doc/source/dev/plugin/base-setup.rst b/doc/source/dev/plugin/base-setup.rst
index 1cac69d76..1dee8cd46 100644
--- a/doc/source/dev/plugin/base-setup.rst
+++ b/doc/source/dev/plugin/base-setup.rst
@@ -71,8 +71,15 @@ structure that looks like this::
     │       └── test_thirdparty.py
     └── tox.ini
 
+**Note:** You should add `python-watcher`_ as a dependency in the
+requirements.txt file::
+
+    # Watcher-specific requirements
+    python-watcher
+
 .. _cookiecutter: https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter
 .. _OpenStack cookiecutter: https://github.com/openstack-dev/cookiecutter
+.. _python-watcher: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-watcher
 
 Implementing a plugin for Watcher
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