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diff --git a/doc/api/methods/traits.html.textile.liquid b/doc/api/methods/traits.html.textile.liquid
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--- a/doc/api/methods/traits.html.textile.liquid
+++ b/doc/api/methods/traits.html.textile.liquid
@@ -5,15 +5,38 @@ navmenu: API Methods
 title: "traits"
 
 ...
+{% comment %}
+Copyright (C) The Arvados Authors. All rights reserved.
 
-See "REST methods for working with Arvados resources":{{site.baseurl}}/api/methods.html
+SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-3.0
+{% endcomment %}
+
+p=. *Deprecated, likely to be removed in a future version.  The recommended way to store metadata is "collection properties":collections.html*
 
 API endpoint base: @https://{{ site.arvados_api_host }}/arvados/v1/traits@
 
-Required arguments are displayed in %{background:#ccffcc}green%.
+Object type: @q1cn2@
+
+Example UUID: @zzzzz-q1cn2-0123456789abcde@
+
+h2. Resource
+
+A metadata record that may be used to represent a genotype or phenotype trait.
+
+Each Trait has, in addition to the "Common resource fields":{{site.baseurl}}/api/resources.html:
+
+table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
+|_. Attribute|_. Type|_. Description|_. Example|
+|name|string|||
+|properties|hash|||
 
+h2. Methods
 
-h2. create
+See "Common resource methods":{{site.baseurl}}/api/methods.html for more information about @create@, @delete@, @get@, @list@, and @update@.
+
+Required arguments are displayed in %{background:#ccffcc}green%.
+
+h3. create
 
 Create a new Trait.
 
@@ -23,7 +46,7 @@ table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
 |_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
 |trait|object||query||
 
-h2. delete
+h3. delete
 
 Delete an existing Trait.
 
@@ -33,7 +56,7 @@ table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
 |_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
 {background:#ccffcc}.|uuid|string|The UUID of the Trait in question.|path||
 
-h2. get
+h3. get
 
 Gets a Trait's metadata by UUID.
 
@@ -43,19 +66,13 @@ table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
 |_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
 {background:#ccffcc}.|uuid|string|The UUID of the Trait in question.|path||
 
-h2. list
+h3. list
 
 List traits.
 
-Arguments:
-
-table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
-|_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
-|limit|integer (default 100)|Maximum number of traits to return.|query||
-|order|string|Order in which to return matching traits.|query||
-|filters|array|Conditions for filtering traits.|query||
+See "common resource list method.":{{site.baseurl}}/api/methods.html#index
 
-h2. update
+h3. update
 
 Update attributes of an existing Trait.