diff --git a/examples/api/api.js b/examples/api/api.js
index b25f5c1..3ded68c 100644
--- a/examples/api/api.js
+++ b/examples/api/api.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 var Cylon = require("../..");
 
+// ensure you install the API plugin first:
+// $ npm install cylon-api-http
 Cylon.api({
   host: "0.0.0.0",
   port: "8080"
diff --git a/examples/api/api.markdown b/examples/api/api.markdown
index 4204daa..7d044a1 100644
--- a/examples/api/api.markdown
+++ b/examples/api/api.markdown
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ First, let's import Cylon:
 Next up, we'll configure the API Cylon will serve, telling it to serve on port
 `8080`.
 
+    // ensure you install the API plugin first:
+    // $ npm install cylon-api-http
     Cylon.api({
       host: '0.0.0.0',
       port: '8080'
diff --git a/examples/hello/fluent-hello.js b/examples/hello/fluent-hello.js
index 4883bd0..aa2597f 100644
--- a/examples/hello/fluent-hello.js
+++ b/examples/hello/fluent-hello.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 var Cylon = require("../..");
 
+// ensure you install the API plugin first:
+// $ npm install cylon-api-http
 Cylon.api();
 
 Cylon
diff --git a/examples/hello/hello.js b/examples/hello/hello.js
index f06c362..663a4ed 100644
--- a/examples/hello/hello.js
+++ b/examples/hello/hello.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 var Cylon = require("../..");
 
+// ensure you install the API plugin first:
+// $ npm install cylon-api-http
 Cylon.api();
 
 Cylon.robot({
diff --git a/examples/robot_commands/robot_commands.js b/examples/robot_commands/robot_commands.js
index 99b6a57..05d2e49 100644
--- a/examples/robot_commands/robot_commands.js
+++ b/examples/robot_commands/robot_commands.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 var Cylon = require("../..");
 
+// ensure you install the API plugin first:
+// $ npm install cylon-api-http
 Cylon.api();
 
 Cylon.robot({
diff --git a/examples/robot_commands/robot_commands.markdown b/examples/robot_commands/robot_commands.markdown
index 6261b22..adb234a 100644
--- a/examples/robot_commands/robot_commands.markdown
+++ b/examples/robot_commands/robot_commands.markdown
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ First, let's make sure to load up Cylon:
 
 Now that we've got that, let's set up the api:
 
+    // ensure you install the API plugin first:
+    // $ npm install cylon-api-http
     Cylon.api();
 
 And with that done let's define our robot:
diff --git a/examples/sphero-pebble-sf/sphero-pebble-sf.js b/examples/sphero-pebble-sf/sphero-pebble-sf.js
index 243e453..8e88b7e 100644
--- a/examples/sphero-pebble-sf/sphero-pebble-sf.js
+++ b/examples/sphero-pebble-sf/sphero-pebble-sf.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 var Cylon = require("../..");
 
+// ensure you install the API plugin first:
+// $ npm install cylon-api-http
 Cylon.api({ host: "0.0.0.0", port: "8080" });
 
 Cylon.robot({
diff --git a/examples/sphero-pebble-sf/sphero-pebble-sf.markdown b/examples/sphero-pebble-sf/sphero-pebble-sf.markdown
index 9b7ac67..b6df342 100644
--- a/examples/sphero-pebble-sf/sphero-pebble-sf.markdown
+++ b/examples/sphero-pebble-sf/sphero-pebble-sf.markdown
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ First, let's import Cylon:
 Next up, we'll configure the API Cylon will serve, telling it to serve on port
 `8080`.
 
+    // ensure you install the API plugin first:
+    // $ npm install cylon-api-http
     Cylon.api({ host: '0.0.0.0', port: '8080' });
 
 Now that we have Cylon imported, we can start defining our Pebble robot: