diff --git a/lib/mixins/property-effects.html b/lib/mixins/property-effects.html
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--- a/lib/mixins/property-effects.html
+++ b/lib/mixins/property-effects.html
@@ -1130,41 +1130,9 @@
       // Prototype setup ----------------------------------------
 
       /**
-       * Ensures an accessor exists for the specified property, and adds
-       * to a list of "property effects" that will run when the accessor for
-       * the specified property is set.  Effects are grouped by "type", which
-       * roughly corresponds to a phase in effect processing.  The effect
-       * metadata should be in the following form:
-       *
-       *   {
-       *     fn: effectFunction, // Reference to function to call to perform effect
-       *     info: { ... }       // Effect metadata passed to function
-       *     trigger: {          // Optional triggering metadata; if not provided
-       *       name: string      // the property is treated as a wildcard
-       *       structured: boolean
-       *       wildcard: boolean
-       *     }
-       *   }
-       *
-       * Effects are called from `_propertiesChanged` in the following order by
-       * type:
-       *
-       * 1. COMPUTE
-       * 2. PROPAGATE
-       * 3. REFLECT
-       * 4. OBSERVE
-       * 5. NOTIFY
-       *
-       * Effect functions are called with the following signature:
-       *
-       *   effectFunction(inst, path, props, oldProps, info, hasPaths)
-       *
-       * This method may be called either on the prototype of a class
-       * using the PropertyEffects mixin (for best performance), or on
-       * an instance to add dynamic effects.  When called on an instance or
-       * subclass of a class that has already had property effects added to
-       * its prototype, the property effect lists will be cloned and added as
-       * own properties of the caller.
+       * Equivalent to static `addPropertyEffect` API but can be called on
+       * an instance to add effects at runtime.  See that method for
+       * full API docs.
        *
        * @param {string} property Property that should trigger the effect
        * @param {string} type Effect type, from this.PROPERTY_EFFECT_TYPES
@@ -1882,14 +1850,9 @@
       }
 
       /**
-       * Creates a read-only accessor for the given property.
-       *
-       * To set the property, use the protected `_setProperty` API.
-       * To create a custom protected setter (e.g. `_setMyProp()` for
-       * property `myProp`), pass `true` for `protectedSetter`.
-       *
-       * Note, if the property will have other property effects, this method
-       * should be called first, before adding other effects.
+       * Equivalent to static `createReadOnlyProperty` API but can be called on
+       * an instance to add effects at runtime.  See that method for
+       * full API docs.
        *
        * @param {string} property Property name
        * @param {boolean=} protectedSetter Creates a custom protected setter
@@ -1906,7 +1869,9 @@
       }
 
       /**
-       * Creates a single-property observer for the given property.
+       * Equivalent to static `createPropertyObserver` API but can be called on
+       * an instance to add effects at runtime.  See that method for
+       * full API docs.
        *
        * @param {string} property Property name
        * @param {string} methodName Name of observer method to call
@@ -1927,11 +1892,9 @@
       }
 
       /**
-       * Creates a multi-property "method observer" based on the provided
-       * expression, which should be a string in the form of a normal Javascript
-       * function signature: `'methodName(arg1, [..., argn])'`.  Each argument
-       * should correspond to a property or path in the context of this
-       * prototype (or instance), or may be a literal string or number.
+       * Equivalent to static `createMethodObserver` API but can be called on
+       * an instance to add effects at runtime.  See that method for
+       * full API docs.
        *
        * @param {string} expression Method expression
        * @param {Object=} dynamicFns Map indicating whether method names should
@@ -1947,8 +1910,9 @@
       }
 
       /**
-       * Causes the setter for the given property to dispatch `<property>-changed`
-       * events to notify of changes to the property.
+       * Equivalent to static `createNotifyingProperty` API but can be called on
+       * an instance to add effects at runtime.  See that method for
+       * full API docs.
        *
        * @param {string} property Property name
        * @protected
@@ -1964,8 +1928,9 @@
       }
 
       /**
-       * Causes the setter for the given property to reflect the property value
-       * to a (dash-cased) attribute of the same name.
+       * Equivalent to static `createReflectedProperty` API but can be called on
+       * an instance to add effects at runtime.  See that method for
+       * full API docs.
        *
        * @param {string} property Property name
        * @protected
@@ -1986,11 +1951,9 @@
       }
 
       /**
-       * Creates a computed property whose value is set to the result of the
-       * method described by the given `expression` each time one or more
-       * arguments to the method changes.  The expression should be a string
-       * in the form of a normal Javascript function signature:
-       * `'methodName(arg1, [..., argn])'`
+       * Equivalent to static `createComputedProperty` API but can be called on
+       * an instance to add effects at runtime.  See that method for
+       * full API docs.
        *
        * @param {string} property Name of computed property to set
        * @param {string} expression Method expression
@@ -2153,11 +2116,9 @@
       // -- binding ----------------------------------------------
 
       /**
-       * Parses the provided template to ensure binding effects are created
-       * for them, and then ensures property accessors are created for any
-       * dependent properties in the template.  Binding effects for bound
-       * templates are stored in a linked list on the instance so that
-       * templates can be efficiently stamped and unstamped.
+       * Equivalent to static `bindTemplate` API but can be called on
+       * an instance to add effects at runtime.  See that method for
+       * full API docs.
        *
        * This method may be called on the prototype (for prototypical template
        * binding, to avoid creating accessors every instance) once per prototype,