diff --git a/docs/en/01_Tutorials/01_Building_A_Basic_Site.md b/docs/en/01_Tutorials/01_Building_A_Basic_Site.md
index 4c8b84819..70e7966b1 100644
--- a/docs/en/01_Tutorials/01_Building_A_Basic_Site.md
+++ b/docs/en/01_Tutorials/01_Building_A_Basic_Site.md
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ The Menu for our site is created using a **loop**. Loops allow us to iterate ove
 	<% loop $Menu(1) %>
 
 returns a set of first level menu items. We can then use the template variable
-*$MenuTitle* to show the title of the page we are linking to, *$Link* for the URL of the page and *$LinkingMode* to help style our menu with CSS (explained in more detail shortly).
+*$MenuTitle* to show the title of the page we are linking to, *$Link* for the URL of the page, and `$isSection` and `$isCurrent` to help style our menu with CSS (explained in more detail shortly).
 
 > *$Title* refers to **Page Name** in the CMS, whereas *$MenuTitle* refers to (the often shorter) **Navigation label**
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ returns a set of first level menu items. We can then use the template variable
 	:::ss
 	<ul>
 		<% loop $Menu(1) %>	  
-			<li class="$LinkingMode">
+			<li class="<% if $isCurrent %>current<% else_if $isSection %>section<% end_if %>">
 				<a href="$Link" title="$Title.XML">$MenuTitle.XML</a>
 			</li>
 		<% end_loop %>
@@ -191,16 +191,12 @@ This creates the navigation at the top of the page:
 
 ### Highlighting the current page
 
-A useful feature is highlighting the current page the user is looking at. We can do this with the template variable: `$LinkingMode`. It returns one of three values:
+A useful feature is highlighting the current page the user is looking at. We can do this by using the `is` methods `$isSection` and `$isCurrent`.
 
-*  *current* - This page is being visited
-*  *link* - This page is not currently being visited
-*  *section* - A page under this page is being visited
-
-For example, if you were here: "Home > Company > Staff > Bob Smith", you may want to highlight 'Company' to say you are in that section. If you add $LinkingMode to your navigation elements as a class, ie:
+For example, if you were here: "Home > Company > Staff > Bob Smith", you may want to highlight 'Company' to say you are in that section.
 
 	:::ss
-	<li class="$LinkingMode">
+	<li class="<% if $isCurrent %>current<% else_if $isSection %>section<% end_if %>">
 	 	<a href="$Link" title="$Title.XML">$MenuTitle.XML</a>
 	</li>
 
@@ -231,7 +227,7 @@ Adding a second level menu is very similar to adding the first level menu. Open
 	:::ss
 	<ul>
 	  <% loop $Menu(2) %>
-	    <li class="$LinkingMode">
+	    <li class="<% if $isCurrent %>current<% else_if $isSection %>section<% end_if %>">
 		    <a href="$Link" title="Go to the $Title.XML page">
 		    	<span class="arrow">→</span>
 		    	<span class="text">$MenuTitle.XML</span>
@@ -243,7 +239,7 @@ Adding a second level menu is very similar to adding the first level menu. Open
 This should look very familiar. It is the same idea as our first menu, except the loop block now uses *Menu(2)* instead of *Menu(1)*. 
 As we can see here, the *Menu* control takes a single
 argument - the level of the menu we want to get. Our css file will style this linked list into the second level menu,
-using our usual *$LinkingMode* technique to highlight the current page.
+using our usual `is` technique to highlight the current page.
 
 To make sure the menu is not displayed on every page, for example, those that *don't* have any nested pages. We use an **if block**. 
 Look again in the *Sidebar.ss* file and you will see that the menu is surrounded with an **if block**
@@ -254,7 +250,7 @@ like this:
 		...
 			<ul>
 				<% loop $Menu(2) %>
-				<li class="$LinkingMode">
+				<li class="<% if $isCurrent %>current<% else_if $isSection %>section<% end_if %>">
 					<a href="$Link" title="Go to the $Title.XML page">
 						<span class="arrow">→</span>
 						<span class="text">$MenuTitle.XML</span>
@@ -301,12 +297,12 @@ The following example runs an if statement and a loop on *Children*, checking to
 	:::ss
 	<ul>
 	  <% loop $Menu(1) %>
-	    <li class="$LinkingMode">
+	    <li class="<% if $isCurrent %>current<% else_if $isSection %>section<% end_if %>">
 	      <a href="$Link" title="$Title.XML">$MenuTitle.XML</a>
 	      <% if $Children %>
 		      <ul>
 		        <% loop $Children %>
-		          <li class="$LinkingMode">
+		          <li class="<% if $isCurrent %>current<% else_if $isSection %>section<% end_if %>">
 		          	<a href="$Link" title="Go to the $Title.XML page">
 		          		<span class="arrow">→</span>
 		          		<span class="text">$MenuTitle.XML</span>
diff --git a/docs/en/02_Developer_Guides/01_Templates/02_Common_Variables.md b/docs/en/02_Developer_Guides/01_Templates/02_Common_Variables.md
index 9454dcc56..6b93222ee 100644
--- a/docs/en/02_Developer_Guides/01_Templates/02_Common_Variables.md
+++ b/docs/en/02_Developer_Guides/01_Templates/02_Common_Variables.md
@@ -153,30 +153,30 @@ link.
 ### Linking Modes
 
 	:::ss
-	$LinkingMode
+	$isSection
+	$isCurrent
 
-When looping over a list of `SiteTree` instances through a `<% loop $Menu %>` or `<% loop $Children %>`, `$LinkingMode`
-will return context about the page relative to the currently viewed page. It can have the following values:
-
- * `link`: You are neither on this page nor in this section.
- * `current`: You are currently on this page.
- * `section`: The current page is a child of this menu item, so the current "section"
+When looping over a list of `SiteTree` instances through a `<% loop $Menu %>` or `<% loop $Children %>`, `$isSection` and `$isCurrent`
+will return true or false based on page being looped over relative to the currently viewed page. 
 
 For instance, to only show the menu item linked if it's the current one:
 
 	:::ss
-	<% if $LinkingMode = current %>
+	<% if $isCurrent %>
 		$Title
 	<% else %>
 		<a href="$Link">$Title</a>
 	<% end_if %>
+	
+An example for checking for `current` or `section` is as follows:
 
-`$LinkingMode` is reused for several other variables and utility functions.
+    :::ss
+    <a class="<% if $isCurrent %>current<% else_if $isSection %>section<% end_if %>" href="$Link">$MenuTitle</a>
+
+
+
+**Additional Utility Method**
 
- * `$LinkOrCurrent`: Determines if the item is the current page. Returns "link" or "current" strings.
- * `$LinkOrSection`: Determines if the item is in the current section, so in the path towards the current page. Useful 
- for menus which you only want to show a second level menu when you are on that page or a child of it. Returns "link" 
- or "section" strings.
  * `$InSection(page-url)`: This if block will pass if we're currently on the page-url page or one of its children.
 
 	:::ss
diff --git a/docs/en/02_Developer_Guides/01_Templates/How_Tos/01_Navigation_Menu.md b/docs/en/02_Developer_Guides/01_Templates/How_Tos/01_Navigation_Menu.md
index eb555312d..63d6d2375 100644
--- a/docs/en/02_Developer_Guides/01_Templates/How_Tos/01_Navigation_Menu.md
+++ b/docs/en/02_Developer_Guides/01_Templates/How_Tos/01_Navigation_Menu.md
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ top level menu with a nested second level using the `Menu` loop and a `Children`
 	<ul>
 		<% loop $Menu(1) %>
 			<li>
-				<a href="$Link" title="Go to the $Title page" class="$LinkingMode">
+				<a href="$Link" title="Go to the $Title page" class="<% if $isCurrent %>current<% else_if $isSection %>section<% end_if %>">
 					$MenuTitle
 				</a>
 
-				<% if $LinkOrSection == section %>
+				<% if $isSection %>
 					<% if $Children %>
 						<ul class="secondary">
 							<% loop $Children %>
-								<li class="$LinkingMode"><a href="$Link">$MenuTitle</a></li>
+								<li class="<% if $isCurrent %>current<% else_if $isSection %>section<% end_if %>"><a href="$Link">$MenuTitle</a></li>
 							<% end_loop %>
 						</ul>
 					<% end_if %>