diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/api.txt b/docs/ref/forms/api.txt
index 3a9ea81723..a9e921d347 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/api.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/api.txt
@@ -554,9 +554,9 @@ This default output wraps each field with a ``
``. Notice the following:
it uses boolean attributes such as ``checked`` rather than the XHTML style
of ``checked='checked'``.
-Although ``
`` output is the default output style when you ``print`` a
-form, other output styles are available. Each style is available as a method on
-a form object, and each rendering method returns a string.
+Although ``
`` output is the default output style when you ``print`` a form
+you can customize the output by using your own form template which can be set
+site-wide, per-form, or per-instance. See :ref:`reusable-form-templates`.
Default rendering
-----------------
@@ -620,14 +620,20 @@ template, see also :ref:`overriding-built-in-form-templates`.
Output styles
-------------
-As well as rendering the form directly, such as in a template with
-``{{ form }}``, the following helper functions serve as a proxy to
-:meth:`Form.render` passing a particular ``template_name`` value.
+The recommended approach for changing form output style is to set a custom form
+template either site-wide, per-form, or per-instance. See
+:ref:`reusable-form-templates` for examples.
-These helpers are most useful in a template, where you need to override the
-form renderer or form provided value but cannot pass the additional parameter
-to :meth:`~Form.render`. For example, you can render a form as an unordered
-list using ``{{ form.as_ul }}``.
+The following helper functions are provided for backward compatibility and are
+a proxy to :meth:`Form.render` passing a particular ``template_name`` value.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Of the framework provided templates and output styles, the default
+ ``as_div()`` is recommended over the ``as_p()``, ``as_table()``, and
+ ``as_ul()`` versions as the template implements ``
-.. note::
-
- Of the framework provided templates and output styles, ``as_div()`` is
- recommended over the ``as_p()``, ``as_table()``, and ``as_ul()`` versions
- as the template implements ``