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diff --git a/Source/cmGetTargetPropertyCommand.h b/Source/cmGetTargetPropertyCommand.h
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@@ -58,10 +58,17 @@ public:
"will be set to \"NOTFOUND\". Use SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES to set "
"property values. Properties are usually used to control how "
"a target is built.\n"
+ "The read-only property \"<CONFIG>_LOCATION\" provides the full "
+ "path to the file on disk that will be created for the target when "
+ "building under configuration <CONFIG> "
+ "(in upper-case, such as \"DEBUG_LOCATION\"). "
"The read-only property \"LOCATION\" specifies "
"the full path to the file on disk that will be created for the "
- "target. This is very useful for executable targets to get "
- "the path to the executable file for use in a custom command. "
+ "target. The path may contain a build-system-specific portion that "
+ "is replaced at build time with the configuration getting built "
+ "(such as \"$(ConfigurationName)\" in VS). "
+ "This is very useful for executable targets to get "
+ "the path to the executable file for use in a custom command.\n"
"The read-only property \"TYPE\" returns which type the specified "
"target has (EXECUTABLE, STATIC_LIBRARY, SHARED_LIBRARY, "
"MODULE_LIBRARY, UTILITY, INSTALL_FILES or INSTALL_PROGRAMS). "