diff --git a/docs/src/docbkx/reference/data.xml b/docs/src/docbkx/reference/data.xml
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--- a/docs/src/docbkx/reference/data.xml
+++ b/docs/src/docbkx/reference/data.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,35 @@
+
+ <classname>GemfireTemplate</classname>
+
+ As with many other high-level abstractions provided by the Spring Framework and related projects, Spring GemFire provides a template that plays a central role
+ when working with the GemFire API. The class provides several one-liner methods, for popular operations but also the ability to execute code
+ against the native GemFire API without having to deal with exceptions for example through the GemfireCallback.
+
+ The template class requires a GemFire Region instance and once configured is thread-safe and should be reused across multiple classes:
+
+ ]]>
+
+ Once the template is configured, one can use it alongside GemfireCallback to work directly with the GemFire Region,
+ without having to deal with exceptions, threading or resource management:
+
+
+ >() {
+ public Iterable doInGemfire(Region reg) throws GemFireCheckedException, GemFireException {
+ // working against a Region of String
+ Region region = reg;
+
+ region.put("1", "one");
+ region.put("3", "three");
+
+ // should return 1
+ return region.query("length < 5).size();
+ }
+});]]>
+
+