diff --git a/Source/cmSetSourceFilesPropertiesCommand.h b/Source/cmSetSourceFilesPropertiesCommand.h
index e210de262..3d83e5b2b 100644
--- a/Source/cmSetSourceFilesPropertiesCommand.h
+++ b/Source/cmSetSourceFilesPropertiesCommand.h
@@ -69,10 +69,9 @@ public:
         "added to a target.  Obviously, "
         "it must be created (presumably by a custom command) before the "
         "target is built.  "
-        "If the HEADER_FILE_ONLY (boolean) property is true then dependency "
-        "information is not created for that file (this is set "
-        "automatically, based on the file's name's extension and is probably "
-        "only used by Makefiles).  "
+        "If the HEADER_FILE_ONLY (boolean) property is true then the "
+        "file is not compiled.  This is useful if you want to add extra "
+        "non build files to an IDE. "
         "OBJECT_DEPENDS (string) adds dependencies to the object file.  "
         "COMPILE_FLAGS (string) is passed to the compiler as additional "
         "command line arguments when the source file is compiled.  "