diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE.rst
index 0aaf66bd0e..4876150556 100644
--- a/Help/prop_tgt/POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_tgt/POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ 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