diff --git a/addon/index.ts b/addon/index.ts
index e16c202d..8647e41b 100644
--- a/addon/index.ts
+++ b/addon/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  @module @ember/string
  */
 import Cache from './cache';
+import { deprecate } from '@ember/debug';
 
 // STATE within a module is frowned upon, this exists
 // to support Ember.STRINGS but shield ember internals from this legacy global
@@ -250,3 +251,22 @@ export function underscore(str: string): string {
 export function capitalize(str: string): string {
   return CAPITALIZE_CACHE.get(str);
 }
+
+/*
+  The following are implemented here to give users adding `@ember/string` to
+  their projects a useful error message. The `ember-source` implementation of
+  `@ember/string` is clobbered by adding this addon, and so the deprecation of
+  the import path is not triggered. This error message is intended to help
+  users discover what they need to change.
+*/
+export function htmlSafe(str: string): void {
+  throw new Error(
+    'htmlSafe is not implemented in the `@ember/string` package. Please import from `@ember/template` instead.'
+  );
+}
+
+export function isHTMLSafe(str: any | null | undefined): void {
+  throw new Error(
+    'isHTMLSafe is not implemented in the `@ember/string` package. Please import from `@ember/template` instead.'
+  );
+}