Index: docs/HowToCrossCompileLLVM.rst
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--- docs/HowToCrossCompileLLVM.rst
+++ docs/HowToCrossCompileLLVM.rst
@@ -40,13 +40,14 @@
 
 The CMake options you need to add are:
 
- * ``-DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True``
+ * ``-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Linux`` (this is needed even if the build system is already Linux -
+   the presence of this flag causes CMake to enter cross-compilation mode)
  * ``-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<install-dir>``
- * ``-DLLVM_TABLEGEN=<path-to-host-bin>/llvm-tblgen``
- * ``-DCLANG_TABLEGEN=<path-to-host-bin>/clang-tblgen``
  * ``-DLLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE=arm-linux-gnueabihf``
  * ``-DLLVM_TARGET_ARCH=ARM``
  * ``-DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=ARM``
+ * ``-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER`` and ``-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER`` if your cross capable compiler is not
+   the same as your default compiler.
 
 If you're compiling with GCC, you can use architecture options for your target,
 and the compiler driver will detect everything that it needs:
@@ -64,9 +65,7 @@
  * Appropriate use of ``-I`` and ``-L``, depending on how the cross GCC is installed,
    and where are the libraries and headers.
 
-The TableGen options are required to compile it with the host compiler,
-so you'll need to compile LLVM (or at least ``llvm-tblgen``) to your host
-platform before you start. The CXX flags define the target, cpu (which in this case
+The CXX flags define the target, cpu (which in this case
 defaults to ``fpu=VFP3`` with NEON), and forcing the hard-float ABI. If you're
 using Clang as a cross-compiler, you will *also* have to set ``--sysroot``
 to make sure it picks the correct linker.