diff --git a/guides/v3.3.0/object-model/classes-and-instances.md b/guides/v3.3.0/object-model/classes-and-instances.md
index aa6910112e..da5c40f6a2 100644
--- a/guides/v3.3.0/object-model/classes-and-instances.md
+++ b/guides/v3.3.0/object-model/classes-and-instances.md
@@ -226,11 +226,15 @@ Person.create({
 
 ### Accessing Object Properties
 
-When accessing the properties of an object, use the [`get()`][7]
-and [`set()`][8] accessor methods:
+When reading a property value of an object, you can in most cases use the common Javascript dot notation, e.g. `myObject.myProperty`. 
+
+The one big exception to this rule are [Ember proxy objects][9]: if you're working with Ember proxy objects, including promise proxies for async relationships in Ember Data, you have to use Ember's [`get()`][7] accessor method to read values.
+
+For updating property values use Ember's [`set()`][8] method. It will propagate the value change to computed properties, observers, templates, etc. If you "just" use Javascript's dot notation to update a property value, computed properties won't recalculate, observers won't fire and templates won't update.
 
 [7]: https://www.emberjs.com/api/ember/release/classes/@ember%2Fobject/methods/get?anchor=get
 [8]: https://www.emberjs.com/api/ember/release/classes/@ember%2Fobject/methods/set?anchor=set
+[9]: https://emberjs.com/api/ember/3.3/classes/ObjectProxy
 
 ```javascript
 import EmberObject from '@ember/object';
@@ -241,10 +245,7 @@ const Person = EmberObject.extend({
 
 let person = Person.create();
 
-person.get('name'); // 'Robert Jackson'
+person.name; // 'Robert Jackson'
 person.set('name', 'Tobias Fünke');
-person.get('name'); // 'Tobias Fünke'
+person.name; // 'Tobias Fünke'
 ```
-
-Make sure to use these accessor methods; otherwise, computed properties won't
-recalculate, observers won't fire, and templates won't update.
diff --git a/guides/v3.3.0/object-model/computed-properties.md b/guides/v3.3.0/object-model/computed-properties.md
index 3f293208a2..08d00de54b 100644
--- a/guides/v3.3.0/object-model/computed-properties.md
+++ b/guides/v3.3.0/object-model/computed-properties.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ let ironMan = Person.create({
   lastName:  'Stark'
 });
 
-ironMan.get('fullName'); // "Tony Stark"
+ironMan.fullName; // "Tony Stark"
 ```
 
 This declares `fullName` to be a computed property, with `firstName` and `lastName` as the properties it depends on.
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Changing any of the dependent properties causes the cache to invalidate, so that
 
 A computed property will only recompute its value when it is _consumed._ Properties are consumed in two ways:
 
-1. By a `get`, for example `ironMan.get('fullName')`
+1. By accessing, for example `ironMan.fullName`
 2. By being referenced in a handlebars template that is currently being rendered, for example `{{ironMan.fullName}}`
 
 Outside of those two circumstances the code in the property will not run, even if one of the property's dependencies are changed.
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ import Ember from 'ember':
 …
 ```
 
-Using the new property, it will only log after a `get`, and then only if either the `firstName` or `lastName` has been previously changed:
+Using the new property, it will only log after a `fullName` is accessed, and then only if either the `firstName` or `lastName` has been previously changed:
 
 ```javascript
 
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ let ironMan = Person.create({
   lastName:  'Stark'
 });
 
-ironMan.get('fullName'); // 'compute fullName'
+ironMan.fullName; // 'compute fullName'
 ironMan.set('firstName', 'Bruce') // no console output
 
-ironMan.get('fullName'); // 'compute fullName'
-ironMan.get('fullName'); // no console output since dependencies have not changed
+ironMan.fullName; // 'compute fullName'
+ironMan.fullName; // no console output since dependencies have not changed
 ```
 
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Let's use computed properties to dynamically update.
 ```javascript
 captainAmerica.set('firstName', 'William');
 
-captainAmerica.get('description'); // "William Rogers; Age: 80; Country: USA"
+captainAmerica.description; // "William Rogers; Age: 80; Country: USA"
 ```
 
 So this change to `firstName` was observed by `fullName` computed property, which was itself observed by the `description` property.
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ Person = EmberObject.extend({
 
 let captainAmerica = Person.create();
 captainAmerica.set('fullName', 'William Burnside');
-captainAmerica.get('firstName'); // William
-captainAmerica.get('lastName'); // Burnside
+captainAmerica.firstName; // William
+captainAmerica.lastName; // Burnside
 ```
 
 ### Computed property macros