diff --git a/runtimes/CMakeLists.txt b/runtimes/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/runtimes/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/runtimes/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 include(GetHostTriple)
 get_host_triple(LLVM_HOST_TRIPLE)
 set(LLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE "${LLVM_HOST_TRIPLE}" CACHE STRING
-  "Default target for which LLVM will generate code.")
+  "Default target for which the runtimes will be built.")
 
 option(LLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS "Generate build targets for the runtimes unit tests." ON)
 option(LLVM_INCLUDE_DOCS "Generate build targets for the runtimes documentation." ON)