diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst
index 9eca05dee9..acb1ed7ed8 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.rst
@@ -302,17 +302,17 @@ Target Build Specification
 --------------------------
 
 The build specification of `Binary Targets`_ is represented by target
-properties.  For each of the following `build <Target Build Properties_>`_
+properties.  For each of the following `compile <Target Compile Properties_>`_
 and `link <Target Link Properties_>`_ properties, compilation and linking
 of the target is affected both by its own value and by the corresponding
 `usage requirement <Target Usage Requirements_>`_ property, named with
 an ``INTERFACE_`` prefix, collected from the transitive closure of link
 dependencies.
 
-.. _`Target Build Properties`:
+.. _`Target Compile Properties`:
 
-Target Build Properties
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Target Compile Properties
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 :prop_tgt:`COMPILE_DEFINITIONS`
   List of compile definitions for compiling sources in the target.
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ Target Usage Requirements
 The *usage requirements* of a target are settings that propagate to consumers,
 which link to the target via :command:`target_link_libraries`, in order to
 correctly compile and link with it.  They are represented by transitive
-`build <Transitive Build Properties_>`_ and
+`compile <Transitive Compile Properties_>`_ and
 `link <Transitive Link Properties_>`_ properties.
 
 Note that usage requirements are not designed as a way to make downstreams
@@ -505,10 +505,10 @@ Note that care must be taken when specifying usage requirements for targets
 which will be exported for installation using the :command:`install(EXPORT)`
 command.  See :ref:`Creating Packages` for more.
 
-.. _`Transitive Build Properties`:
+.. _`Transitive Compile Properties`:
 
-Transitive Build Properties
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Transitive Compile Properties
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS`
   List of compile definitions for compiling sources in the target's consumers.
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst
index 31f057322b..1db237cfbf 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ Compile Context
   .. versionadded:: 3.27
 
   Content of ``...``, when collecting
-  :ref:`transitive build properties <Transitive Build Properties>`,
+  :ref:`transitive compile properties <Transitive Compile Properties>`,
   otherwise it is the empty string.  This is intended for use in an
   :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES` and :prop_tgt:`LINK_LIBRARIES` target
   properties, typically populated via the :command:`target_link_libraries` command.
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ Link Context
   .. versionadded:: 3.1
 
   Content of ``...``, except while collecting usage requirements from
-  :ref:`transitive build properties <Transitive Build Properties>`,
+  :ref:`transitive compile properties <Transitive Compile Properties>`,
   in which case it is the empty string.  This is intended for use in an
   :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES` target property, typically populated
   via the :command:`target_link_libraries` command, to specify private link
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ The expressions have special evaluation rules for some properties:
   Evaluation is transitive over the closure of the target's
   :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES`:
 
-  * For :ref:`Transitive Build Properties`, the transitive closure
+  * For :ref:`Transitive Compile Properties`, the transitive closure
     *excludes* entries of :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES` guarded
     by the :genex:`LINK_ONLY` generator expression.
 
diff --git a/Help/policy/CMP0166.rst b/Help/policy/CMP0166.rst
index 5c678803ab..0534559430 100644
--- a/Help/policy/CMP0166.rst
+++ b/Help/policy/CMP0166.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies of static libraries.
 In CMake 3.29 and below, the :genex:`TARGET_PROPERTY` generator expression
 evaluates properties :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_OPTIONS`,
 :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_DIRECTORIES`, and :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_DEPENDS`
-as if they were :ref:`Transitive Build Properties` rather than
+as if they were :ref:`Transitive Compile Properties` rather than
 :ref:`Transitive Link Properties`, even when policy :policy:`CMP0099` is
 set to ``NEW``.  Private dependencies of static libraries, which appear in
 their :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES` guarded by :genex:`LINK_ONLY`
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ to expect the new behavior.
 The ``OLD`` behavior for this policy is for :genex:`TARGET_PROPERTY` to
 evaluate properties :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_OPTIONS`,
 :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_DIRECTORIES`, and :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_LINK_DEPENDS`
-as if they were :ref:`Transitive Build Properties` by not following private
+as if they were :ref:`Transitive Compile Properties` by not following private
 dependencies of static libraries.  The ``NEW`` behavior for this policy is
 to evaluate them as :ref:`Transitive Link Properties` by following private
 dependencies of static libraries.