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-rw-r--r--Help/policy/CMP0047.rst25
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diff --git a/Help/policy/CMP0025.rst b/Help/policy/CMP0025.rst
index f3b39e3..5d63efa 100644
--- a/Help/policy/CMP0025.rst
+++ b/Help/policy/CMP0025.rst
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
CMP0025
-------
-Compiler id for Apple Clang is now AppleClang.
+Compiler id for Apple Clang is now ``AppleClang``.
-CMake >= 3.0 recognize that Apple Clang is a different compiler
+CMake 3.0 and above recognize that Apple Clang is a different compiler
than upstream Clang and that they have different version numbers.
-CMake now prefers to present this to projects by setting
-CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_ID to "AppleClang" instead of "Clang". However,
-existing projects may assume the compiler id for Apple Clang is just
-"Clang" as it was in CMake < 3.0. Therefore this policy determines
-for Apple Clang which compiler id to report in
-CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_ID after <LANG> is enabled by the project() or
-enable_language() command.
+CMake now prefers to present this to projects by setting the
+:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_ID` variable to ``AppleClang`` instead
+of ``Clang``. However, existing projects may assume the compiler id for
+Apple Clang is just ``Clang`` as it was in CMake versions prior to 3.0.
+Therefore this policy determines for Apple Clang which compiler id to
+report in the :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_ID` variable after
+language ``<LANG>`` is enabled by the :command:`project` or
+:command:`enable_language` command. The policy must be set prior
+to the invocation of either command.
-The OLD behavior for this policy is to use compiler id "Clang". The
-NEW behavior for this policy is to use compiler id "AppleClang".
+The OLD behavior for this policy is to use compiler id ``Clang``. The
+NEW behavior for this policy is to use compiler id ``AppleClang``.
This policy was introduced in CMake version 3.0. CMake version
|release| warns when the policy is not set and uses OLD behavior. Use
-the cmake_policy command to set it to OLD or NEW explicitly.
+the :command:`cmake_policy` command to set it to OLD or NEW explicitly.
diff --git a/Help/policy/CMP0047.rst b/Help/policy/CMP0047.rst
index c2d951b..896d702 100644
--- a/Help/policy/CMP0047.rst
+++ b/Help/policy/CMP0047.rst
@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@
CMP0047
-------
-Use QCC compiler id for the qcc drivers on QNX.
+Use ``QCC`` compiler id for the qcc drivers on QNX.
-CMake 2.8.12 and lower assigned the QNX qcc and QCC compiler drivers the "GNU"
-compiler id.
+CMake 3.0 and above recognize that the QNX qcc compiler driver is
+different from the GNU compiler.
+CMake now prefers to present this to projects by setting the
+:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_ID` variable to ``QCC`` instead
+of ``GNU``. However, existing projects may assume the compiler id for
+QNX qcc is just ``GNU`` as it was in CMake versions prior to 3.0.
+Therefore this policy determines for QNX qcc which compiler id to
+report in the :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_ID` variable after
+language ``<LANG>`` is enabled by the :command:`project` or
+:command:`enable_language` command. The policy must be set prior
+to the invocation of either command.
-The OLD behavior for this policy is to use the "GNU" compiler id for the qcc
-and QCC compiler drivers. The NEW behavior for this policy is to use the "QCC"
-compiler id for those drivers.
+The OLD behavior for this policy is to use the ``GNU`` compiler id
+for the qcc and QCC compiler drivers. The NEW behavior for this policy
+is to use the ``QCC`` compiler id for those drivers.
This policy was introduced in CMake version 3.0.
CMake version |release| warns when the policy is not set and uses
-OLD behavior. Use the cmake_policy command to set it to OLD or
-NEW explicitly.
+OLD behavior. Use the :command:`cmake_policy` command to set it to
+OLD or NEW explicitly.