diff --git a/docs/client/api.html b/docs/client/api.html
index edd31ccc43..a5561cf88f 100644
--- a/docs/client/api.html
+++ b/docs/client/api.html
@@ -947,12 +947,33 @@ Example:
 
 <h2 id="templates_api"><span>Templates</span></h2>
 
+{{> api_box tmpldecl}}
+
+A template that you declare as `<{{! }}template name="foo"> ... </{{! }}template>`
+can be accessed as the function `Template.foo`.
+
+XXX Describe `data` arg, calling it to get HTML.  Each template may have many
+occurrences (/instances/invocations) on the page.  There are callbacks and
+directives you can specify on a template declaration that apply to all
+instances of the template.  Templates have a life cycle.  There are template
+instance objects.
+
 {{> api_box tmpldecl_rendered}}
 
 {{> api_box tmpldecl_created}}
 
 {{> api_box tmpldecl_destroyed}}
 
+* XXX bind, preserve, events, helpers, ...
+* XXX Template instance object
+* XXX constant
+* XXX link to Handlebars wiki page?
+* XXX Remove Meteor.ui.render, all references
+* XXX Add Meteor.render, Meteor.renderList
+* XXX Create Spark-only wiki page
+* XXX Mention Spark in template docs?
+* XXX Find home for all relevant material on New Template API wiki page
+
 <h2 id="meteor_ui"><span>Meteor.ui</span></h2>
 
 `Meteor.ui` provides building blocks for creating reactive UIs out of strings of
diff --git a/docs/client/api.js b/docs/client/api.js
index 3a2407da91..716e4d1816 100644
--- a/docs/client/api.js
+++ b/docs/client/api.js
@@ -828,6 +828,13 @@ Template.api.http_del = {
   descr: ["Send an HTTP DELETE request.  Equivalent to `Meteor.http.call(\"DELETE\", ...)`.  (Named `del` to avoid conflict with JavaScript's `delete`."]
 };
 
+Template.api.tmpldecl = {
+  id: "tmpldecl",
+  name: "Template.<em>myTemplate</em>([data])",
+  locus: "Client",
+  descr: ["Access a template function by name."]
+};
+
 Template.api.tmpldecl_rendered = {
   id: "tmpldecl_rendered",
   name: "Template.<em>myTemplate</em>.rendered = function ( ) { ... }",
diff --git a/docs/client/docs.js b/docs/client/docs.js
index 9ee9e6a872..93d8878e6e 100644
--- a/docs/client/docs.js
+++ b/docs/client/docs.js
@@ -145,12 +145,11 @@ var toc = [
     ],
 
     {name: "Templates", id: "templates_api"}, [
-      {prefix: "Template", instance: "myTemplate",
-       name: "rendered", id: "tmpldecl_rendered"},
-      {prefix: "Template", instance: "myTemplate",
-       name: "created", id: "tmpldecl_created"},
-      {prefix: "Template", instance: "myTemplate",
-       name: "destroyed", id: "tmpldecl_destroyed"}
+      {prefix: "Template", instance: "myTemplate", id: "tmpldecl"}, [
+        {name: "rendered", id: "tmpldecl_rendered"},
+        {name: "created", id: "tmpldecl_created"},
+        {name: "destroyed", id: "tmpldecl_destroyed"}
+      ]
     ],
 
     "Meteor.ui", [