diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc9389b7..13b29b40 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,4 +11,7 @@
 * Moved `lib/hooks.dart` into `package:angel_hooks`.
 * Moved `TypedService` into `package:angel_typed_service`.
 * Completely removed the `AngelBase` class.
-* Removed all `@deprecated` symbols.
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+* Removed all `@deprecated` symbols.
+* `Service.toId` was renamed to `Service.parseId`; it also now uses its
+single type argument to determine how to parse a value.
+    * In addition, this method was also made `static`.
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diff --git a/lib/src/core/service.dart b/lib/src/core/service.dart
index 28dde7c3..f914297c 100644
--- a/lib/src/core/service.dart
+++ b/lib/src/core/service.dart
@@ -124,7 +124,11 @@ class Service extends Routable {
   }
 
   /// Transforms an [id] (whether it is a String, num, etc.) into one acceptable by a service.
-  T parseId<T>(id) {
+  ///
+  /// The single type argument, [T], is used to determine how to parse the [id].
+  ///
+  /// For example, `parseId<bool>` attempts to parse the value as a [bool].
+  static T parseId<T>(id) {
     if (id == 'null' || id == null)
       return null;
     else if (T == String)