Help: Clarify that link options don't apply to static library targets

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/Help/command/add_link_options.rst b/Help/command/add_link_options.rst
index 1b02bee..a83005b 100644
--- a/Help/command/add_link_options.rst
+++ b/Help/command/add_link_options.rst
@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
 add_link_options
 ----------------
 
-Add options to the link of shared library, module and executable targets.
+Add options to the link step for executable, shared library or module
+library targets in the current directory and below that are added after
+this command is invoked.
 
 .. code-block:: cmake
 
   add_link_options(<option> ...)
 
-Adds options to the link step for targets in the current directory and below
-that are added after this command is invoked. See documentation of the
+This command can be used to add any link options, but alternative commands
+exist to add libraries (:command:`target_link_libraries` or
+:command:`link_libraries`).  See documentation of the
 :prop_dir:`directory <LINK_OPTIONS>` and
 :prop_tgt:`target <LINK_OPTIONS>` ``LINK_OPTIONS`` properties.
 
-This command can be used to add any options, but alternative commands
-exist to add libraries (:command:`target_link_libraries` or
-:command:`link_libraries`).
+.. note::
+
+  This command cannot be used to add options for static library targets,
+  since they do not use a linker.  To add archiver or MSVC librarian flags,
+  see the :prop_tgt:`STATIC_LIBRARY_OPTIONS` target property.
 
 Arguments to ``add_link_options`` may use "generator expressions" with
 the syntax ``$<...>``.  See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)`