diff --git a/doc/installation.rst b/doc/installation.rst
index 2d969b39..60deb625 100644
--- a/doc/installation.rst
+++ b/doc/installation.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ its dependencies. Clone the repository:
 
     projects % git clone git@github.com:PyPSA/pypsa-eur.git
 
-then download and unpack all the PyPSA-Eur data files.
+then download and unpack all the PyPSA-Eur data files by running the following snakemake rule:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    projects/pypsa-eur % snakemake -j 1 retrieve_databundle
 
 
 Clone technology-data repository