Merge topic 'fix_pic_documentation'

a6315790a1 Help: CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE is ignored for some targets
7e1a0739db Help: POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE applies to *all* libraries

Acked-by: Kitware Robot <[email protected]>
Merge-request: !10172

Help/prop_tgt/POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE.rst

@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE
 Whether to create a position-independent target
 
 The ``POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE`` property determines whether position
-independent executables or shared libraries will be created.  This
+independent executables or libraries will be created.  This
 property is ``True`` by default for ``SHARED`` and ``MODULE`` library
-targets and ``False`` otherwise.  This property is initialized by the value
-of the :variable:`CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE` variable  if it is set
-when a target is created.
+targets.  For other targets, this property is initialized by the value
+of the :variable:`CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE` variable if it is set
+when the target is created, or ``False`` otherwise.
 
 .. note::
 

Help/variable/CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE
 Default value for :prop_tgt:`POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE` of targets.
 
 This variable is used to initialize the
-:prop_tgt:`POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE` property on all the targets.
-See that target property for additional information.  If set, its
-value is also used by the :command:`try_compile` command.
+:prop_tgt:`POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE` property on targets that
+are not ``SHARED`` or ``MODULE`` library targets.
+If set, its value is also used by the :command:`try_compile` command.