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--- a/Help/manual/cmake-qt.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-qt.7.rst
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ The :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` target property controls whether :manual:`cmake(1)`
inspects the C++ files in the target to determine if they require ``moc`` to
be run, and to create rules to execute ``moc`` at the appropriate time.
-If a ``Q_OBJECT`` or ``Q_GADGET`` macro is found in a header file, ``moc``
-will be run on the file. The result will be put into a file named according
-to ``moc_<basename>.cpp``. If the macro is found in a C++ implementation
+If a macro from :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES` is found in a header file,
+``moc`` will be run on the file. The result will be put into a file named
+according to ``moc_<basename>.cpp``.
+If the macro is found in a C++ implementation
file, the moc output will be put into a file named according to
``<basename>.moc``, following the Qt conventions. The ``<basename>.moc`` must
be included by the user in the C++ implementation file with a preprocessor
@@ -95,9 +96,7 @@ following targets by setting the :variable:`CMAKE_AUTOMOC` variable. The
options to pass to ``moc``. The :variable:`CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS`
variable may be populated to pre-set the options for all following targets.
-The appearance of the strings ``Q_OBJECT`` or ``Q_GADGET`` in a source file
-determines if it needs to be ``moc`` processed. To search for additional
-strings, list them in :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES`.
+Additional macro names to search for can be added to :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_MACRO_NAMES`.
Additional ``moc`` dependency file names can be extracted from source code
by using :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_DEPEND_FILTERS`.