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@@ -8,5 +8,10 @@ should be preprocessed. If explicitly set to ``OFF`` then the file
does not need to be preprocessed. If explicitly set to ``ON``, then
the file does need to be preprocessed as part of the compilation step.
+When using the :generator:`Ninja` generator, all source files are
+first preprocessed in order to generate module dependency
+information. Setting this property to ``OFF`` will make ``Ninja``
+skip this step.
+
Consider using the target-wide :prop_tgt:`Fortran_PREPROCESS` property
if all source files in a target need to be preprocessed.