1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Source/cmIncludeCommand.h b/Source/cmIncludeCommand.h
index 8704750..a6d43ba 100644
--- a/Source/cmIncludeCommand.h
+++ b/Source/cmIncludeCommand.h
@@ -73,7 +73,12 @@ public:
       "the variable will be set to the full filename which "
       "has been included or NOTFOUND if it failed.\n"
       "If a module is specified instead of a file, the file with name "
-      "<modulename>.cmake is searched in the CMAKE_MODULE_PATH."
+      "<modulename>.cmake is searched first in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH, then in the "
+      "CMake module directory. There is one exception to this: if the file "
+      "which calls include() is located itself in the CMake module directory, "
+      "then first the CMake module directory is searched and "
+      "CMAKE_MODULE_PATH afterwards. This behaviour is controlled by policy "
+      "CMP0017."
       "\n"
       "See the cmake_policy() command documentation for discussion of the "
       "NO_POLICY_SCOPE option."