diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY.rst
index be89f8529d..16fcc03447 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY.rst
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ CMAKE_<LANG>_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY
 Rule variable to create a shared library.
 
 This is a rule variable that tells CMake how to create a shared
-library for the language ``<LANG>``.
+library for the language ``<LANG>``.  This rule variable is a ``;`` delimited
+list of commands to run to perform the linking step.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_CREATE_SHARED_MODULE.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_CREATE_SHARED_MODULE.rst
index ae5f69d569..807229dec2 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_CREATE_SHARED_MODULE.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_CREATE_SHARED_MODULE.rst
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ CMAKE_<LANG>_CREATE_SHARED_MODULE
 Rule variable to create a shared module.
 
 This is a rule variable that tells CMake how to create a shared
-library for the language ``<LANG>``.
+library for the language ``<LANG>``.  This rule variable is a ``;`` delimited
+list of commands to run.