diff --git a/Source/cmTargetCompileDefinitionsCommand.h b/Source/cmTargetCompileDefinitionsCommand.h
index 707610e3e..4b066b7a0 100644
--- a/Source/cmTargetCompileDefinitionsCommand.h
+++ b/Source/cmTargetCompileDefinitionsCommand.h
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ public:
       "INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS from.  "
       "Repeated calls for the same <target> append items in the order called."
       "\n"
+      "Arguments to target_compile_definitions may use \"generator "
+      "expressions\" with the syntax \"$<...>\".  "
+      CM_DOCUMENT_COMMAND_GENERATOR_EXPRESSIONS
       ;
     }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmTargetIncludeDirectoriesCommand.h b/Source/cmTargetIncludeDirectoriesCommand.h
index c1957d6d9..90e039c4d 100644
--- a/Source/cmTargetIncludeDirectoriesCommand.h
+++ b/Source/cmTargetIncludeDirectoriesCommand.h
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ public:
       "directories must be absolute paths, not relative paths.  "
       "Repeated calls for the same <target> append items in the order called."
       "\n"
+      "Arguments to target_include_directories may use \"generator "
+      "expressions\" with the syntax \"$<...>\".  "
+      CM_DOCUMENT_COMMAND_GENERATOR_EXPRESSIONS
       ;
     }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmTargetPropCommandBase.h b/Source/cmTargetPropCommandBase.h
index 90e3bbb7f..e757f9da1 100644
--- a/Source/cmTargetPropCommandBase.h
+++ b/Source/cmTargetPropCommandBase.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #define cmTargetPropCommandBase_h
 
 #include "cmCommand.h"
+#include "cmDocumentGeneratorExpressions.h"
 
 class cmTarget;