diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-developer.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-developer.7.rst
index 672c9b7e1..c7bafc0be 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-developer.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-developer.7.rst
@@ -720,7 +720,9 @@ by the :command:`find_package` command when invoked for ``<package>``.
 The primary task of a find module is to determine whether a package
 exists on the system, set the ``<package>_FOUND`` variable to reflect
 this and provide any variables, macros and imported targets required to
-use the package.
+use the package.  A find module is useful in cases where an upstream
+library does not provide a
+:ref:`config file package <Config File Packages>`.
 
 The traditional approach is to use variables for everything, including
 libraries and executables: see the `Standard Variable Names`_ section
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-packages.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-packages.7.rst
index 0d18fd7f8..fba1d61ec 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-packages.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-packages.7.rst
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ By setting the :variable:`CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_<PackageName>` variable to
 ``TRUE``, the ``PackageName`` package will not be searched, and will always
 be ``NOTFOUND``.
 
+.. _`Config File Packages`:
+
 Config-file Packages
 --------------------