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@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ 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 is used to populate the :prop_tgt:`COMPILE_OPTIONS` target
-property, which is used by the generators to set the options for the
-compiler.
+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
+the options for the compiler.
Contents of ``COMPILE_OPTIONS`` may use "generator expressions" with the
syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual