diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.rst
index 405f7d5901..dd892fa4ad 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.rst
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ Note that configuration names are case-insensitive.  The value of this
 variable will be the same as it is specified when invoking CMake.
 For instance, if ``-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=ReLeAsE`` is specified, then the
 value of ``CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE`` will be ``ReLeAsE``.
+
+See :variable:`CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES` for specifying the configuration
+with multi-config generators.