diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM.rst
index 161ef208d6..50412fffff 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM.rst
@@ -20,3 +20,9 @@ Platform specification is supported only on specific generators:
   specifies the target architecture.
 
 See native build system documentation for allowed platform names.
+
+Visual Studio Platform Selection
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+On :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` the selected platform name
+is provided in the :variable:`CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME` variable.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME.rst
index c6f8d411cc..a532743fbb 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME.rst
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ Visual Studio target platform name.
 
 VS 8 and above allow project files to specify a target platform.
 CMake provides the name of the chosen platform in this variable.
+See the :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM` variable for details.