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@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ COMPILE_OPTIONS
List of options to pass to the compiler.
This property specifies the list of options specified so far for this
-property. This property exists on directories and targets.
+property.
-The target property values are used by the generators to set the
-options for the compiler.
+This property is intialized by the :prop_dir:`COMPILE_OPTIONS` directory
+property, which is used by the generators to set the options for the
+compiler.
-Contents of COMPILE_OPTIONS may use "generator expressions" with the
-syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for
-available expressions.
+Contents of ``COMPILE_OPTIONS`` may use "generator expressions" with the
+syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual
+for available expressions. See the :manual:`cmake-buildsystem(7)` manual
+for more on defining buildsystem properties.