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diff --git a/Source/cmFindPackageCommand.cxx b/Source/cmFindPackageCommand.cxx
index d2d3956..5cc5683 100644
--- a/Source/cmFindPackageCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFindPackageCommand.cxx
@@ -299,9 +299,16 @@ void cmFindPackageCommand::GenerateDocumentation()
"dependent projects one after another.\n"
"6. Search paths stored in the CMake user package registry. "
"This can be skipped if NO_CMAKE_PACKAGE_REGISTRY is passed. "
- "Paths are stored in the registry when CMake configures a project "
- "that invokes export(PACKAGE <name>). "
- "See the export(PACKAGE) command documentation for more details."
+ "On Windows a <package> may appear under registry key\n"
+ " HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Kitware\\CMake\\Packages\\<package>\n"
+ "as a REG_SZ value, with arbitrary name, that specifies the directory "
+ "containing the package configuration file. "
+ "On UNIX platforms a <package> may appear under the directory\n"
+ " ~/.cmake/packages/<package>\n"
+ "as a file, with arbitrary name, whose content specifies the directory "
+ "containing the package configuration file. "
+ "See the export(PACKAGE) command to create user package registry entries "
+ "for project build trees."
"\n"
"7. Search cmake variables defined in the Platform files "
"for the current system. This can be skipped if NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH "