diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 50e0a0b8..be2a6061 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # bayesplot (development version)
 
+* Documentation added for `ppc_data()` and `ppc_loo_pit_data()` functions (#209)
 * Improved documentation for `binwidth`, `bins`, and `breaks` arguments to clarify they are passed to `ggplot2::geom_area()` and `ggdist::stat_dots()` in addition to `ggplot2::geom_histogram()`
 * Improved documentation for `freq` argument to clarify it applies to frequency polygons in addition to histograms
 * Fixed test in `test-ppc-distributions.R` that incorrectly used `ppc_dens()` instead of `ppd_dens()` when testing PPD functions
diff --git a/R/ppc-distributions.R b/R/ppc-distributions.R
index d86a8b4c..217ad315 100644
--- a/R/ppc-distributions.R
+++ b/R/ppc-distributions.R
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@
 #'
 #' @section Plot Descriptions:
 #' \describe{
+#'   \item{`ppc_data()`}{
+#'    This function prepares data for plotting with **ggplot2**. It is a
+#'    general-purpose data-preparation helper used by many `ppc_*()` plotting
+#'    functions, and users can call it directly to create custom PPC plots using
+#'    ggplot2. The function returns a data frame that can be used to build ggplot
+#'    objects. This is useful when you want to customize the appearance of PPC
+#'    plots beyond what the built-in plotting functions allow, or when you want to
+#'    construct new types of PPC visualizations based on the same underlying data.
+#'   }
 #'   \item{`ppc_hist(), ppc_freqpoly(), ppc_dens(), ppc_boxplot()`}{
 #'    A separate histogram, shaded frequency polygon, smoothed kernel density
 #'    estimate, or box and whiskers plot is displayed for `y` and each
diff --git a/R/ppc-loo.R b/R/ppc-loo.R
index 88a6692c..e0f93039 100644
--- a/R/ppc-loo.R
+++ b/R/ppc-loo.R
@@ -23,10 +23,21 @@
 #'   `ppc_loo_ribbon()`, `alpha` and `size`  are passed to
 #'   [ggplot2::geom_ribbon()].
 #'
-#' @template return-ggplot
+#' @template return-ggplot-or-data
 #'
 #' @section Plot Descriptions:
 #' \describe{
+#' \item{`ppc_loo_pit_data()`}{
+#'  This function prepares LOO-PIT data for plotting with **ggplot2**. It is
+#'  the data-preparation back end for the LOO-PIT plotting functions
+#'  (`ppc_loo_pit_overlay()`, `ppc_loo_pit_qq()`, and `ppc_loo_pit_ecdf()`),
+#'  and users can call it directly to create custom LOO-PIT plots using
+#'  ggplot2. The function computes the leave-one-out probability integral
+#'  transform (LOO-PIT) values and returns a data frame that can be used to
+#'  build ggplot objects. This is useful when you want to create custom
+#'  visualizations of LOO-PIT values beyond what the built-in plotting
+#'  functions provide.
+#' }
 #' \item{`ppc_loo_pit_overlay()`, `ppc_loo_pit_qq()`, `ppc_loo_pit_ecdf()`}{
 #'  The calibration of marginal predictions can be assessed using probability
 #'  integral transformation (PIT) checks. LOO improves the check by avoiding the
diff --git a/man/PPC-distributions.Rd b/man/PPC-distributions.Rd
index ce0f264a..23841507 100644
--- a/man/PPC-distributions.Rd
+++ b/man/PPC-distributions.Rd
@@ -264,6 +264,15 @@ the input contains the "success" \emph{proportions} (not discrete
 \section{Plot Descriptions}{
 
 \describe{
+\item{\code{ppc_data()}}{
+This function prepares data for plotting with \strong{ggplot2}. It is a
+general-purpose data-preparation helper used by many \verb{ppc_*()} plotting
+functions, and users can call it directly to create custom PPC plots using
+ggplot2. The function returns a data frame that can be used to build ggplot
+objects. This is useful when you want to customize the appearance of PPC
+plots beyond what the built-in plotting functions allow, or when you want to
+construct new types of PPC visualizations based on the same underlying data.
+}
 \item{\verb{ppc_hist(), ppc_freqpoly(), ppc_dens(), ppc_boxplot()}}{
 A separate histogram, shaded frequency polygon, smoothed kernel density
 estimate, or box and whiskers plot is displayed for \code{y} and each
diff --git a/man/PPC-loo.Rd b/man/PPC-loo.Rd
index 555898d8..7e9ebe02 100644
--- a/man/PPC-loo.Rd
+++ b/man/PPC-loo.Rd
@@ -223,7 +223,10 @@ order of the observations. The alternative (\code{"median"}) arranges them
 by median value from smallest (left) to largest (right).}
 }
 \value{
-A ggplot object that can be further customized using the \strong{ggplot2} package.
+The plotting functions return a ggplot object that can be further
+customized using the \strong{ggplot2} package. The functions with suffix
+\verb{_data()} return the data that would have been drawn by the plotting
+function.
 }
 \description{
 Leave-One-Out (LOO) predictive checks. See the \strong{Plot Descriptions} section,
@@ -233,6 +236,17 @@ for details.
 \section{Plot Descriptions}{
 
 \describe{
+\item{\code{ppc_loo_pit_data()}}{
+This function prepares LOO-PIT data for plotting with \strong{ggplot2}. It is
+the data-preparation back end for the LOO-PIT plotting functions
+(\code{ppc_loo_pit_overlay()}, \code{ppc_loo_pit_qq()}, and \code{ppc_loo_pit_ecdf()}),
+and users can call it directly to create custom LOO-PIT plots using
+ggplot2. The function computes the leave-one-out probability integral
+transform (LOO-PIT) values and returns a data frame that can be used to
+build ggplot objects. This is useful when you want to create custom
+visualizations of LOO-PIT values beyond what the built-in plotting
+functions provide.
+}
 \item{\code{ppc_loo_pit_overlay()}, \code{ppc_loo_pit_qq()}, \code{ppc_loo_pit_ecdf()}}{
 The calibration of marginal predictions can be assessed using probability
 integral transformation (PIT) checks. LOO improves the check by avoiding the