diff --git a/aio/tests/deployment/e2e/smoke-tests.e2e-spec.ts b/aio/tests/deployment/e2e/smoke-tests.e2e-spec.ts
index 2d58484fc6..66e246aeba 100644
--- a/aio/tests/deployment/e2e/smoke-tests.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/aio/tests/deployment/e2e/smoke-tests.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ describe(browser.baseUrl, () => {
         /* Directive */ 'api/common/NgIf': 'class ngif',
         /* Enum */ 'api/core/ChangeDetectionStrategy': 'enum changedetectionstrategy',
         /* Function */ 'api/animations/animate': 'animate(',
+        /* Global */ 'api/core/global/ngApplyChanges': 'ng.applychanges(',
         /* Interface */ 'api/core/OnDestroy': 'interface ondestroy',
         /* Pipe */ 'api/common/JsonPipe': '| json',
         /* Type-Alias */ 'api/common/http/HttpEvent': 'type httpevent',
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-api-package/processors/updateGlobalApiPath.js b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-api-package/processors/updateGlobalApiPath.js
index 4219a68f8f..dd7f4609a1 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-api-package/processors/updateGlobalApiPath.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-api-package/processors/updateGlobalApiPath.js
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
  */
 module.exports = function updateGlobalApiPathProcessor() {
   return {
-    $runAfter: ['computePathsProcessor'],
-    $runBefore: ['processNgModuleDocs'],
+    $runAfter: ['paths-computed'],
+    $runBefore: ['disambiguateDocPathsProcessor', 'processNgModuleDocs'],
     $process: function(docs) {
       docs.forEach(doc => {
         if (doc.global && doc.globalNamespace) {
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-api-package/processors/updateGlobalApiPath.spec.js b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-api-package/processors/updateGlobalApiPath.spec.js
index 556dc1a221..726ae8732a 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-api-package/processors/updateGlobalApiPath.spec.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-api-package/processors/updateGlobalApiPath.spec.js
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ describe('updateGlobalApiPath processor', () => {
 
   it('should run before the correct processor', () => {
     const processor = processorFactory();
-    expect(processor.$runBefore).toEqual(['processNgModuleDocs']);
+    expect(processor.$runBefore).toEqual(['disambiguateDocPathsProcessor', 'processNgModuleDocs']);
   });
 
   it('should run after the correct processor', () => {
     const processor = processorFactory();
-    expect(processor.$runAfter).toEqual(['computePathsProcessor']);
+    expect(processor.$runAfter).toEqual(['paths-computed']);
   });
 
   it('should update the paths of namespaced global APIs', () => {