diff --git a/api/docs/v2/new_protocol_api.rst b/api/docs/v2/new_protocol_api.rst
index 2ce4c39e3cc..d7428799fe0 100644
--- a/api/docs/v2/new_protocol_api.rst
+++ b/api/docs/v2/new_protocol_api.rst
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Labware
 =======
 .. autoclass:: opentrons.protocol_api.Labware
    :members:
-   :exclude-members: next_tip, use_tips, previous_tip, return_tips
+   :exclude-members: next_tip, use_tips, previous_tip, return_tips, load_empty, load_liquid, load_liquid_by_well
 
 ..
    The trailing ()s at the end of TrashBin and WasteChute here hide the __init__()
diff --git a/api/src/opentrons/protocol_api/instrument_context.py b/api/src/opentrons/protocol_api/instrument_context.py
index 8cc3e0bd14e..9c6338270c7 100644
--- a/api/src/opentrons/protocol_api/instrument_context.py
+++ b/api/src/opentrons/protocol_api/instrument_context.py
@@ -763,8 +763,7 @@ def air_gap(
             ``pipette.air_gap(height=2)``. If you call ``air_gap`` with a single,
             unnamed argument, it will always be interpreted as a volume.
 
-        .. note::
-
+        .. TODO: restore this as a note block for 2.22 docs
            Before API version 2.22, this function was implemented as an aspirate, and
            dispensing into a well would add the air gap volume to the liquid tracked in
            the well. At or above API version 2.22, air gap volume is not counted as liquid
@@ -1604,9 +1603,11 @@ def transfer_liquid(
             source=[well._core for well in flat_sources_list],
             dest=[well._core for well in flat_dests_list],
             new_tip=valid_new_tip,
-            trash_location=checked_trash_location._core
-            if isinstance(checked_trash_location, labware.Well)
-            else checked_trash_location,
+            trash_location=(
+                checked_trash_location._core
+                if isinstance(checked_trash_location, labware.Well)
+                else checked_trash_location
+            ),
         )
 
         return self
diff --git a/api/src/opentrons/protocol_api/labware.py b/api/src/opentrons/protocol_api/labware.py
index 4ac7713f83a..5e919a44f86 100644
--- a/api/src/opentrons/protocol_api/labware.py
+++ b/api/src/opentrons/protocol_api/labware.py
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ def load_liquid(self, liquid: Liquid, volume: float) -> None:
         :param Liquid liquid: The liquid to load into the well.
         :param float volume: The volume of liquid to load, in µL.
 
-        .. deprecated:: 2.22
+        .. TODO: flag as deprecated in 2.22 docs
             In API version 2.22 and later, use :py:meth:`~Labware.load_liquid`, :py:meth:`~Labware.load_liquid_by_well`,
             or :py:meth:`~Labware.load_empty` to load liquid into a well.
         """