diff --git a/android/guava/src/com/google/common/io/ByteArrayDataInput.java b/android/guava/src/com/google/common/io/ByteArrayDataInput.java
index 375f07cd67f4..2ed24b6dc8b3 100644
--- a/android/guava/src/com/google/common/io/ByteArrayDataInput.java
+++ b/android/guava/src/com/google/common/io/ByteArrayDataInput.java
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
  * An extension of {@code DataInput} for reading from in-memory byte arrays; its methods offer
  * identical functionality but do not throw {@link IOException}.
  *
+ * <p>To create an instance, use {@link ByteStreams#newDataInput(byte[])} or another overload of
+ * that method.
+ *
  * <p><b>Warning:</b> The caller is responsible for not attempting to read past the end of the
  * array. If any method encounters the end of the array prematurely, it throws {@link
  * IllegalStateException} to signify <i>programmer error</i>. This behavior is a technical violation
diff --git a/android/guava/src/com/google/common/io/ByteArrayDataOutput.java b/android/guava/src/com/google/common/io/ByteArrayDataOutput.java
index 32c9e2fca9bc..5fd51ceb4ebe 100644
--- a/android/guava/src/com/google/common/io/ByteArrayDataOutput.java
+++ b/android/guava/src/com/google/common/io/ByteArrayDataOutput.java
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
  * An extension of {@code DataOutput} for writing to in-memory byte arrays; its methods offer
  * identical functionality but do not throw {@link IOException}.
  *
+ * <p>To create an instance, use {@link ByteStreams#newDataOutput()} or the other overload of that
+ * method.
+ *
  * @author Jayaprabhakar Kadarkarai
  * @since 1.0
  */
diff --git a/guava/src/com/google/common/io/ByteArrayDataInput.java b/guava/src/com/google/common/io/ByteArrayDataInput.java
index 375f07cd67f4..2ed24b6dc8b3 100644
--- a/guava/src/com/google/common/io/ByteArrayDataInput.java
+++ b/guava/src/com/google/common/io/ByteArrayDataInput.java
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
  * An extension of {@code DataInput} for reading from in-memory byte arrays; its methods offer
  * identical functionality but do not throw {@link IOException}.
  *
+ * <p>To create an instance, use {@link ByteStreams#newDataInput(byte[])} or another overload of
+ * that method.
+ *
  * <p><b>Warning:</b> The caller is responsible for not attempting to read past the end of the
  * array. If any method encounters the end of the array prematurely, it throws {@link
  * IllegalStateException} to signify <i>programmer error</i>. This behavior is a technical violation
diff --git a/guava/src/com/google/common/io/ByteArrayDataOutput.java b/guava/src/com/google/common/io/ByteArrayDataOutput.java
index 32c9e2fca9bc..5fd51ceb4ebe 100644
--- a/guava/src/com/google/common/io/ByteArrayDataOutput.java
+++ b/guava/src/com/google/common/io/ByteArrayDataOutput.java
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
  * An extension of {@code DataOutput} for writing to in-memory byte arrays; its methods offer
  * identical functionality but do not throw {@link IOException}.
  *
+ * <p>To create an instance, use {@link ByteStreams#newDataOutput()} or the other overload of that
+ * method.
+ *
  * @author Jayaprabhakar Kadarkarai
  * @since 1.0
  */