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-rw-r--r--Help/command/project.rst3
-rw-r--r--Help/release/dev/top-level-command-order.rst6
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diff --git a/Help/command/project.rst b/Help/command/project.rst
index 8f32fa3..4e57d09 100644
--- a/Help/command/project.rst
+++ b/Help/command/project.rst
@@ -188,5 +188,6 @@ call exists, CMake will issue a warning and pretend there is a
Call the ``project()`` command near the top of the top-level
``CMakeLists.txt``, but *after* calling :command:`cmake_minimum_required`.
It is important to establish version and policy settings before invoking
- other commands whose behavior they may affect.
+ other commands whose behavior they may affect and for this reason the
+ ``project()`` command will issue a warning if this order is not kept.
See also policy :policy:`CMP0000`.
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/top-level-command-order.rst b/Help/release/dev/top-level-command-order.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07f87fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/top-level-command-order.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+top-level-command-order
+-----------------------
+
+* The top-level :command:`project` call will now emit an author warning if the
+ documented command order in relation to :command:`cmake_minimum_required` is
+ not respected.