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+++ b/Help/prop_tgt/COMPILE_OPTIONS.rst
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@ COMPILE_OPTIONS
List of options to pass to the compiler.
-This property holds a :ref:`semicolon-separated list <CMake Language Lists>` of options
-specified so far for its target. Use the :command:`target_compile_options`
-command to append more options.
+This property holds a :ref:`semicolon-separated list <CMake Language Lists>`
+of options specified so far for its target. Use the
+:command:`target_compile_options` command to append more options.
+The options will be added after after flags in the
+:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS` and :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_FLAGS_<CONFIG>`
+variables, but before those propagated from dependencies by the
+:prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS` property.
This property is initialized by the :prop_dir:`COMPILE_OPTIONS` directory
property when a target is created, and is used by the generators to set
@@ -15,3 +19,5 @@ Contents of ``COMPILE_OPTIONS`` may use "generator expressions" with the
syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual
for available expressions. See the :manual:`cmake-buildsystem(7)` manual
for more on defining buildsystem properties.
+
+.. include:: ../command/OPTIONS_SHELL.txt