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-rw-r--r--Help/variable/CMAKE_ANDROID_API.rst7
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diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_ANDROID_API.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_ANDROID_API.rst
index 4388bf2..aba9b6e 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_ANDROID_API.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_ANDROID_API.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Edition`, this variable may be set to specify the default value for the
:prop_tgt:`ANDROID_API` target property. See that target property for
additional information.
-Otherwise, when :ref:`Cross Compiling for Android`, this variable provides
-the Android API version number targeted. This will be the same value as
-the :variable:`CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION` variable for ``Android`` platforms.
+When :ref:`Cross Compiling for Android`, the :variable:`CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION`
+variable represents the Android API version number targeted. For historical
+reasons, if a toolchain file sets ``CMAKE_ANDROID_API``, but not
+``CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION``, the latter will be initialized using the former.