5 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx b/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx
index 45fba8b..8f2ebf5 100644
--- a/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx
@@ -2555,8 +2555,9 @@ bool HandleGenerateCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
     return false;
   }
   const bool inputIsContent = arguments.ParsedKeywords[1] == "CONTENT"_s;
-  if (!inputIsContent && arguments.ParsedKeywords[1] == "INPUT") {
+  if (!inputIsContent && arguments.ParsedKeywords[1] != "INPUT") {
     status.SetError("Unknown argument to GENERATE subcommand.");
+    return false;
   }
   std::string const& input =
     inputIsContent ? *arguments.Content : *arguments.Input;
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/File_Generate/OutOfOrderArgs-result.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/File_Generate/OutOfOrderArgs-result.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d00491f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/File_Generate/OutOfOrderArgs-result.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/File_Generate/OutOfOrderArgs-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/File_Generate/OutOfOrderArgs-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3f5cd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/File_Generate/OutOfOrderArgs-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+^CMake Error at OutOfOrderArgs\.cmake:[0-9]+ \(file\):
+  file Unknown argument to GENERATE subcommand\.
+Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
+  CMakeLists\.txt:[0-9]+ \(include\)$
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/File_Generate/OutOfOrderArgs.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/File_Generate/OutOfOrderArgs.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f0578b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/File_Generate/OutOfOrderArgs.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+file(GENERATE OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/output.txt"
+     CONDITION 1
+     CONTENT "CONTENT argument"
+     )
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/File_Generate/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/File_Generate/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 5a670ae..e601991 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/File_Generate/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/File_Generate/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ endif()
 run_cmake(EmptyCondition1)
 run_cmake(EmptyCondition2)
 run_cmake(BadCondition)
+run_cmake(OutOfOrderArgs)
 run_cmake(DebugEvaluate)
 run_cmake(GenerateSource)
 run_cmake(InputAndContent)