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@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ Specifies a semicolon-separated list of full-paths to files on which
the link rule for this target depends. The target binary will be
linked if any of the named files is newer than it.
-This property is ignored by non-Makefile generators. It is intended
-to specify dependencies on "linker scripts" for custom Makefile link
+This property is supported only by Makefile and Ninja generators. It is
+intended to specify dependencies on "linker scripts" for custom Makefile link
rules.
+
+Contents of ``LINK_DEPENDS`` 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.