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diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb
index e71f2673ab..e65e472d08 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb
@@ -361,6 +361,9 @@ module ActiveSupport
# the cache with the given keys, then that data is returned. Otherwise,
# the supplied block is called for each key for which there was no data,
# and the result will be written to the cache and returned.
+ # Therefore, you need to pass a block that returns the data to be written
+ # to the cache. If you do not want to write the cache when the cache is
+ # not found, use #read_multi.
#
# Options are passed to the underlying cache implementation.
#
@@ -374,6 +377,8 @@ module ActiveSupport
# # "unknown_key" => "Fallback value for key: unknown_key" }
#
def fetch_multi(*names)
+ raise ArgumentError, "Missing block: `Cache#fetch_multi` requires a block." unless block_given?
+
options = names.extract_options!
options = merged_options(options)
results = read_multi(*names, options)