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This property is supported only when ``<LANG>`` is ``C`` or ``CXX``.
-Specify a :ref:`;-list <CMake Language Lists>` containing a command line
+Specify a :ref:`semicolon-separated list <CMake Language Lists>` containing a command line
for the ``cppcheck`` static analysis tool. The :ref:`Makefile Generators`
and the :generator:`Ninja` generator will run ``cppcheck`` along with the
-compiler and report any problems.
+compiler and report any problems. If the command-line specifies the
+exit code options to ``cppcheck`` then the build will fail if the
+tool returns non-zero.
This property is initialized by the value of the
:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_CPPCHECK` variable if it is set when a target is