diff --git a/src/applications/config/view/PhabricatorSetupIssueView.php b/src/applications/config/view/PhabricatorSetupIssueView.php
index 5fa0cd61d5..6912054f67 100644
--- a/src/applications/config/view/PhabricatorSetupIssueView.php
+++ b/src/applications/config/view/PhabricatorSetupIssueView.php
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ final class PhabricatorSetupIssueView extends AphrontView {
       array(
         'class' => 'setup-issue',
       ),
-      $this->renderHTMLView(
+      $this->renderSingleView(
         array(
           $name,
           $description,
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ final class PhabricatorSetupIssueView extends AphrontView {
       array(
         'class' => 'setup-issue-config',
       ),
-      self::renderHTMLView(
+      self::renderSingleView(
         array(
           $table_info,
           $table,
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ final class PhabricatorSetupIssueView extends AphrontView {
       array(
         'class' => 'setup-issue-config',
       ),
-      $this->renderHTMLView(
+      $this->renderSingleView(
         array(
           $table_info,
           $table,
diff --git a/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherenceMenuItemView.php b/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherenceMenuItemView.php
index c69d7c502d..539a107122 100644
--- a/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherenceMenuItemView.php
+++ b/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherenceMenuItemView.php
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ final class ConpherenceMenuItemView extends AphrontTagView {
         (int)$this->unreadCount);
     }
 
-    return $this->renderHTMLView(
+    return $this->renderSingleView(
       array(
         $image,
         $title,
diff --git a/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherenceTransactionView.php b/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherenceTransactionView.php
index 5c8c8a9ba1..7e5020fe90 100644
--- a/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherenceTransactionView.php
+++ b/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherenceTransactionView.php
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ final class ConpherenceTransactionView extends AphrontView {
         array(
           'class' => $content_class
         ),
-        $this->renderHTMLView($content))
+        $this->renderSingleView($content))
       );
 
     return $transaction_view->render();
diff --git a/src/applications/differential/view/DifferentialChangesetDetailView.php b/src/applications/differential/view/DifferentialChangesetDetailView.php
index f77b5377d3..3810325ea2 100644
--- a/src/applications/differential/view/DifferentialChangesetDetailView.php
+++ b/src/applications/differential/view/DifferentialChangesetDetailView.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ final class DifferentialChangesetDetailView extends AphrontView {
         'class' => $class,
         'id'    => $id,
       ),
-      $this->renderHTMLView(
+      $this->renderSingleView(
         array(
           id(new PhabricatorAnchorView())
             ->setAnchorName($changeset->getAnchorName())
diff --git a/src/applications/differential/view/DifferentialChangesetListView.php b/src/applications/differential/view/DifferentialChangesetListView.php
index aae5f31f23..5a3f531a1e 100644
--- a/src/applications/differential/view/DifferentialChangesetListView.php
+++ b/src/applications/differential/view/DifferentialChangesetListView.php
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ final class DifferentialChangesetListView extends AphrontView {
       ));
     }
 
-    return $this->renderHTMLView(
+    return $this->renderSingleView(
       array(
         id(new PhabricatorHeaderView())
           ->setHeader($this->getTitle())
diff --git a/src/applications/differential/view/DifferentialInlineCommentEditView.php b/src/applications/differential/view/DifferentialInlineCommentEditView.php
index 1fccbe5f82..5bc2bbdb4a 100644
--- a/src/applications/differential/view/DifferentialInlineCommentEditView.php
+++ b/src/applications/differential/view/DifferentialInlineCommentEditView.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ final class DifferentialInlineCommentEditView extends AphrontView {
         'method'    => 'POST',
         'sigil'     => 'inline-edit-form',
       ),
-      $this->renderHTMLView(
+      $this->renderSingleView(
         array(
           $this->renderInputs(),
           $this->renderBody(),
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ final class DifferentialInlineCommentEditView extends AphrontView {
       array(
         'class' => 'differential-inline-comment-edit-buttons',
       ),
-      $this->renderHTMLView(
+      $this->renderSingleView(
         array(
           $formatting,
           $buttons,
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ final class DifferentialInlineCommentEditView extends AphrontView {
           'length' => $this->length,
         ),
       ),
-      $this->renderHTMLView(
+      $this->renderSingleView(
         array(
           $title,
           $body,
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/view/ManiphestTaskListView.php b/src/applications/maniphest/view/ManiphestTaskListView.php
index f808ab9104..aa8baac074 100644
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/view/ManiphestTaskListView.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/view/ManiphestTaskListView.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ final class ManiphestTaskListView extends ManiphestView {
       $views[] = $view->render();
     }
 
-    return $this->renderHTMLView($views);
+    return $this->renderSingleView($views);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/view/ManiphestTaskProjectsView.php b/src/applications/maniphest/view/ManiphestTaskProjectsView.php
index 00f4ad86f2..f292157a91 100644
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/view/ManiphestTaskProjectsView.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/view/ManiphestTaskProjectsView.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ final class ManiphestTaskProjectsView extends ManiphestView {
         "\xE2\x80\xA6");
     }
 
-    return $this->renderHTMLView($tags);
+    return $this->renderSingleView($tags);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/meta/view/PhabricatorApplicationLaunchView.php b/src/applications/meta/view/PhabricatorApplicationLaunchView.php
index 8af4f65ff4..faa0c348ff 100644
--- a/src/applications/meta/view/PhabricatorApplicationLaunchView.php
+++ b/src/applications/meta/view/PhabricatorApplicationLaunchView.php
@@ -128,13 +128,13 @@ final class PhabricatorApplicationLaunchView extends AphrontView {
         'href'  => $application ? $application->getBaseURI() : null,
         'title' => $application ? $application->getShortDescription() : null,
       ),
-      $this->renderHTMLView(
+      $this->renderSingleView(
         array(
           $icon,
           $content,
         )));
 
-    return $this->renderHTMLView(
+    return $this->renderSingleView(
       array(
         $app_button,
         $create_button,
diff --git a/src/applications/pholio/view/PholioMockImagesView.php b/src/applications/pholio/view/PholioMockImagesView.php
index 71d8615c8c..f75849f554 100644
--- a/src/applications/pholio/view/PholioMockImagesView.php
+++ b/src/applications/pholio/view/PholioMockImagesView.php
@@ -81,6 +81,6 @@ final class PholioMockImagesView extends AphrontView {
         $thumbnails);
     }
 
-    return $this->renderHTMLView($mockview);
+    return $this->renderSingleView($mockview);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionCommentView.php b/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionCommentView.php
index aba6d84bab..a943ec6179 100644
--- a/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionCommentView.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/view/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionCommentView.php
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class PhabricatorApplicationTransactionCommentView extends AphrontView {
         'id'    => $this->getPreviewPanelID(),
         'style' => 'display: none',
       ),
-      self::renderHTMLView(
+      self::renderSingleView(
         array(
           $header,
           $preview,
diff --git a/src/docs/developer/rendering_html.diviner b/src/docs/developer/rendering_html.diviner
index 617192d319..48f600f616 100644
--- a/src/docs/developer/rendering_html.diviner
+++ b/src/docs/developer/rendering_html.diviner
@@ -125,12 +125,12 @@ return `phutil_tag()` or `javelin_tag()`:
   return phutil_tag('div', ...);
 
 @{class:AphrontView} subclasses can use `renderHTMLChildren()` and
-`renderHTMLView()` to build @{class@libphutil:PhutilSafeHTML} objects from
+`renderSingleView()` to build @{class@libphutil:PhutilSafeHTML} objects from
 children or arbitrary lists of components.
 
-@{class:AphrontView} subclasses should avoid `renderChildren()` and
-`renderSingleView()` and transition callers to the `HTML` varieties. These older
-methods do not return @{class@libphutil:PhutilSafeHTML} objects.
+@{class:AphrontView} subclasses should avoid `renderChildren()` and transition
+callers to `renderHTMLChildren()`. This older method does not return
+@{class@libphutil:PhutilSafeHTML} objects.
 
 = Internationalization: pht() =
 
diff --git a/src/view/AphrontView.php b/src/view/AphrontView.php
index fa484885fe..b5bf238f7d 100644
--- a/src/view/AphrontView.php
+++ b/src/view/AphrontView.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ abstract class AphrontView extends Phobject {
   final protected function renderHTMLChildren() {
     $out = array();
     foreach ($this->children as $child) {
-      $out[] = $this->renderHTMLView($child);
+      $out[] = $this->renderSingleView($child);
     }
     return $out;
   }
@@ -58,22 +58,6 @@ abstract class AphrontView extends Phobject {
     }
   }
 
-  final protected function renderHTMLView($child) {
-    if ($child instanceof AphrontView) {
-      return $child->render();
-    } else if ($child instanceof PhutilSafeHTML) {
-      return $child;
-    } else if (is_array($child)) {
-      $out = array();
-      foreach ($child as $element) {
-        $out[] = $this->renderHTMLView($element);
-      }
-      return phutil_implode_html('', $out);
-    } else {
-      return hsprintf('%s', $child);
-    }
-  }
-
   final protected function isEmptyContent($content) {
     if (is_array($content)) {
       foreach ($content as $element) {
diff --git a/src/view/form/control/PhabricatorRemarkupControl.php b/src/view/form/control/PhabricatorRemarkupControl.php
index e34f090fcb..3ca49c2120 100644
--- a/src/view/form/control/PhabricatorRemarkupControl.php
+++ b/src/view/form/control/PhabricatorRemarkupControl.php
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ final class PhabricatorRemarkupControl extends AphrontFormTextAreaControl {
       array(
         'sigil' => 'remarkup-assist-control',
       ),
-      $this->renderHTMLView(
+      $this->renderSingleView(
         array(
           $buttons,
           parent::renderInput(),
diff --git a/src/view/layout/AphrontSideNavFilterView.php b/src/view/layout/AphrontSideNavFilterView.php
index a7f295fb25..f37222f919 100644
--- a/src/view/layout/AphrontSideNavFilterView.php
+++ b/src/view/layout/AphrontSideNavFilterView.php
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ final class AphrontSideNavFilterView extends AphrontView {
         ),
         '');
 
-      $local_menu = $this->renderHTMLView(
+      $local_menu = $this->renderSingleView(
         array(
           $menu_background,
           phutil_tag(
diff --git a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorActionListView.php b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorActionListView.php
index d4a9a22fdf..3240a821ed 100644
--- a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorActionListView.php
+++ b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorActionListView.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ final class PhabricatorActionListView extends AphrontView {
       array(
         'class' => 'phabricator-action-list-view',
       ),
-      $this->renderHTMLView($actions));
+      $this->renderSingleView($actions));
   }
 
 
diff --git a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorAnchorView.php b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorAnchorView.php
index 44e8f33730..6ffd7e59fe 100644
--- a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorAnchorView.php
+++ b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorAnchorView.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ final class PhabricatorAnchorView extends AphrontView {
       ),
       '');
 
-    return $this->renderHTMLView(array($marker, $anchor));
+    return $this->renderSingleView(array($marker, $anchor));
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorCrumbsView.php b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorCrumbsView.php
index f621394f1e..2ee9d48022 100644
--- a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorCrumbsView.php
+++ b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorCrumbsView.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ final class PhabricatorCrumbsView extends AphrontView {
         array(
           'class' => 'phabricator-crumbs-actions',
         ),
-        $this->renderHTMLView($actions));
+        $this->renderSingleView($actions));
     }
 
     if ($this->crumbs) {
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ final class PhabricatorCrumbsView extends AphrontView {
         'class' => 'phabricator-crumbs-view '.
                    'sprite-gradient gradient-breadcrumbs',
       ),
-      $this->renderHTMLView(
+      $this->renderSingleView(
         array(
           $action_view,
           $this->crumbs,
diff --git a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorHeaderView.php b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorHeaderView.php
index 8652de7095..63e0d9e930 100644
--- a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorHeaderView.php
+++ b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorHeaderView.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ final class PhabricatorHeaderView extends AphrontView {
         array(
           'class' => 'phabricator-header-tags',
         ),
-        $this->renderHTMLView($this->tags));
+        $this->renderSingleView($this->tags));
     }
 
     return phutil_tag(
diff --git a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorMenuItemView.php b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorMenuItemView.php
index 934c93c940..28fa9584f0 100644
--- a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorMenuItemView.php
+++ b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorMenuItemView.php
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ final class PhabricatorMenuItemView extends AphrontTagView {
         $this->name.$external);
     }
 
-    return $this->renderHTMLView(
+    return $this->renderSingleView(
       array(
         $this->renderHTMLChildren(),
         $name,
diff --git a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorMenuView.php b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorMenuView.php
index c3a27a173a..c350d00351 100644
--- a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorMenuView.php
+++ b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorMenuView.php
@@ -167,6 +167,6 @@ final class PhabricatorMenuView extends AphrontTagView {
   }
 
   protected function getTagContent() {
-    return $this->renderHTMLView($this->items);
+    return $this->renderSingleView($this->items);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorObjectItemListView.php b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorObjectItemListView.php
index cc9abb01a4..d98feaef38 100644
--- a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorObjectItemListView.php
+++ b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorObjectItemListView.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ final class PhabricatorObjectItemListView extends AphrontView {
     }
 
     if ($this->items) {
-      $items = $this->renderHTMLView($this->items);
+      $items = $this->renderSingleView($this->items);
     } else {
       $string = nonempty($this->noDataString, pht('No data.'));
       $items = id(new AphrontErrorView())
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ final class PhabricatorObjectItemListView extends AphrontView {
 
     $pager = null;
     if ($this->pager) {
-      $pager = $this->renderHTMLView($this->pager);
+      $pager = $this->renderSingleView($this->pager);
     }
 
     $classes[] = 'phabricator-object-item-list-view';
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ final class PhabricatorObjectItemListView extends AphrontView {
       array(
         'class' => implode(' ', $classes),
       ),
-      $this->renderHTMLView(
+      $this->renderSingleView(
         array(
           $header,
           $items,
diff --git a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorObjectItemView.php b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorObjectItemView.php
index c6646f2f9e..c0ce3506ba 100644
--- a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorObjectItemView.php
+++ b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorObjectItemView.php
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ final class PhabricatorObjectItemView extends AphrontView {
       array(
         'class' => 'phabricator-object-item-content',
       ),
-      $this->renderHTMLView(
+      $this->renderSingleView(
         array(
           $header,
           $attrs,
diff --git a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorPinboardItemView.php b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorPinboardItemView.php
index 683a6cf4dd..d83a1d0a6d 100644
--- a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorPinboardItemView.php
+++ b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorPinboardItemView.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ final class PhabricatorPinboardItemView extends AphrontView {
       array(
         'class' => 'phabricator-pinboard-item-view',
       ),
-      $this->renderHTMLView(
+      $this->renderSingleView(
         array(
           $header,
           $image,
diff --git a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorPinboardView.php b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorPinboardView.php
index f62a2be459..ace3b0b34f 100644
--- a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorPinboardView.php
+++ b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorPinboardView.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ final class PhabricatorPinboardView extends AphrontView {
       array(
         'class' => 'phabricator-pinboard-view',
       ),
-      $this->renderHTMLView($this->items));
+      $this->renderSingleView($this->items));
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorPropertyListView.php b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorPropertyListView.php
index 3cedcdbbf9..b0e0afbfbb 100644
--- a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorPropertyListView.php
+++ b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorPropertyListView.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ final class PhabricatorPropertyListView extends AphrontView {
       array(
         'class' => 'phabricator-property-list-view',
       ),
-      $this->renderHTMLView($items));
+      $this->renderSingleView($items));
   }
 
   private function renderPropertyPart(array $part) {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ final class PhabricatorPropertyListView extends AphrontView {
         array(
           'class' => 'phabricator-property-list-value',
         ),
-        $this->renderHTMLView($value));
+        $this->renderSingleView($value));
     }
 
     $list = phutil_tag(
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ final class PhabricatorPropertyListView extends AphrontView {
       array(
         'class' => 'phabricator-property-list-properties',
       ),
-      $this->renderHTMLView($items));
+      $this->renderSingleView($items));
 
     $shortcuts = null;
     if ($this->hasKeyboardShortcuts) {
diff --git a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorTimelineEventView.php b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorTimelineEventView.php
index 0bb29a2bbd..8534b05076 100644
--- a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorTimelineEventView.php
+++ b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorTimelineEventView.php
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ final class PhabricatorTimelineEventView extends AphrontView {
         ),
         array($title, $extra));
 
-      $title = $this->renderHTMLView(array($icon, $title));
+      $title = $this->renderSingleView(array($icon, $title));
     }
 
     $wedge = phutil_tag(
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ final class PhabricatorTimelineEventView extends AphrontView {
             ->setAnchorName($this->anchor)
             ->render();
 
-          $date = $this->renderHTMLView(
+          $date = $this->renderSingleView(
             array(
               $anchor,
               phutil_tag(