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-rw-r--r--Help/command/target_compile_options.rst4
-rw-r--r--Help/manual/cmake-language.7.rst2
-rw-r--r--Help/prop_dir/COMPILE_OPTIONS.rst4
-rw-r--r--Help/prop_tgt/COMPILE_OPTIONS.rst9
4 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Help/command/target_compile_options.rst b/Help/command/target_compile_options.rst
index 3362c5d88c..73e01e7f83 100644
--- a/Help/command/target_compile_options.rst
+++ b/Help/command/target_compile_options.rst
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ alternative commands exist to add preprocessor definitions
(:command:`target_compile_definitions` and :command:`add_definitions`) or
include directories (:command:`target_include_directories` and
:command:`include_directories`). See documentation of the
-:prop_tgt:`directory <COMPILE_OPTIONS>` and
-:prop_tgt:` target <COMPILE_OPTIONS>` ``COMPILE_OPTIONS`` properties.
+:prop_dir:`directory <COMPILE_OPTIONS>` and
+:prop_tgt:`target <COMPILE_OPTIONS>` ``COMPILE_OPTIONS`` properties.
The ``INTERFACE``, ``PUBLIC`` and ``PRIVATE`` keywords are required to
specify the scope of the following arguments. ``PRIVATE`` and ``PUBLIC``
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-language.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-language.7.rst
index 3e0297cf6a..4a9f0b590a 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-language.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-language.7.rst
@@ -538,6 +538,8 @@ The :manual:`cmake-variables(7)` manual documents many variables
that are provided by CMake or have meaning to CMake when set
by project code.
+.. _`CMake Language Lists`:
+
Lists
=====
diff --git a/Help/prop_dir/COMPILE_OPTIONS.rst b/Help/prop_dir/COMPILE_OPTIONS.rst
index 55308608e3..877deb000d 100644
--- a/Help/prop_dir/COMPILE_OPTIONS.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_dir/COMPILE_OPTIONS.rst
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ COMPILE_OPTIONS
List of options to pass to the compiler.
-This property specifies the list of options given so far to the
-:command:`add_compile_options` command.
+This property holds a :ref:`;-list <CMake Language Lists>` of options
+given so far to the :command:`add_compile_options` command.
This property is used to initialize the :prop_tgt:`COMPILE_OPTIONS` target
property when a target is created, which is used by the generators to set
diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/COMPILE_OPTIONS.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/COMPILE_OPTIONS.rst
index 27cbec15f2..36d786a7fb 100644
--- a/Help/prop_tgt/COMPILE_OPTIONS.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_tgt/COMPILE_OPTIONS.rst
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ COMPILE_OPTIONS
List of options to pass to the compiler.
-This property specifies the list of options specified so far for this
-property.
+This property holds a :ref:`;-list <CMake Language Lists>` of options
+specified so far for its target. Use the :command:`target_compile_options`
+command to append more options.
This property is intialized by the :prop_dir:`COMPILE_OPTIONS` directory
-property, which is used by the generators to set the options for the
-compiler.
+property when a target is created, and is used by the generators to set
+the options for the compiler.
Contents of ``COMPILE_OPTIONS`` may use "generator expressions" with the
syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual