diff --git a/doc/introduction/data.rst b/doc/introduction/data.rst
index 64131c22144..0a9f274e8ea 100644
--- a/doc/introduction/data.rst
+++ b/doc/introduction/data.rst
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ use them directly in a PennyLane circuits as follows:
>>> print(circuit())
-1.0791430411076344
-Dataset Structure
------------------
+Viewing Available Datasets
+--------------------------
-You can call the
+We can call the
:func:`~pennylane.data.list_datasets` function to get a snapshot of the currently available data.
-This function returns a nested dictionary as we show below.
+This function returns a nested dictionary as shown below.
>>> available_data = qml.data.list_datasets()
>>> available_data.keys()
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ We can then write this :class:`~pennylane.data.Dataset` to storage and read it a
>>> read_dataset.energies
array([-1.5, -0.5, 0.5, 1.5])
+For more details on reading and writing custom datasets, including metadata, please
+see the :mod:`~.data` module documentation.
+
:html:`
`
Quantum Datasets Functions and Classes
diff --git a/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md b/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md
index f189eeeff3e..eb52d55607d 100644
--- a/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md
+++ b/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md
@@ -422,6 +422,9 @@
* The input types for `coupling_map` in `qml.transpile` are updated to reflect all the allowed input types by `nx.to_networkx_graph`.
[(#5864)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane/pull/5864)
+* The text in the `qml.data` module and datasets quickstart have been slightly modified to lead to the quickstart first and highlight `list_datasets`.
+ [(5484)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane/pull/5484)
+
Bug fixes 🐛
* Fixes a bug where `hadamard_grad` returned a wrong shape for `qml.probs()` without wires.
@@ -562,6 +565,7 @@ Isaac De Vlugt,
Diksha Dhawan,
Pietropaolo Frisoni,
Emiliano Godinez,
+Diego Guala,
Daria Van Hende,
Austin Huang,
David Ittah,
diff --git a/pennylane/data/__init__.py b/pennylane/data/__init__.py
index d9b300eb227..1c9f2bf3771 100644
--- a/pennylane/data/__init__.py
+++ b/pennylane/data/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
.. note::
- For more details on using datasets, please see the
+ To start using datasets, please first see the
:doc:`quantum datasets quickstart guide `.
Overview