From f0381176875aefc3de95aeae13c7996eaed3bb43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Boeckel <ben.boeckel@kitware.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:13:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Help/cmake-cxxmodules: note that VS generators do not support
 `import std`

Closes: #27595
---
 Help/manual/cmake-cxxmodules.7.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-cxxmodules.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-cxxmodules.7.rst
index c676296569..35ad2a2436 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-cxxmodules.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-cxxmodules.7.rst
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ library combinations:
 The :variable:`CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_IMPORT_STD` variable lists standard levels
 which have support for ``import std`` in the active C++ toolchain.
 
+Additionally, only the :ref:`Ninja Generators` currently support
+``import std`` at this time because :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` do not
+support building :term:`BMIs <BMI>` for ``IMPORTED`` targets.
+
 Generator Support
 =================