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diff --git a/Source/cmUtilitySourceCommand.h b/Source/cmUtilitySourceCommand.h
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--- a/Source/cmUtilitySourceCommand.h
+++ b/Source/cmUtilitySourceCommand.h
@@ -70,7 +70,13 @@ public:
"this command specifies its location and name. The cache entry will "
"not be set unless the path_to_source and all listed files exist. It "
"is assumed that the source tree of the utility will have been built "
- "before it is needed.";
+ "before it is needed.\n"
+ "When cross compiling CMake will print a warning if a UTILITY_SOURCE() "
+ "command is executed, because in many cases it is used to build an "
+ "executable which is executed later on. This doesn't work when "
+ "cross compiling, since the executable can run only on their target "
+ "platform. So in this case the cache entry has to be adjusted manually "
+ "so it points to an executable which is runnable on the build host.";
}
/** This command is kept for compatibility with older CMake versions. */