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diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_add_resources.qdoc b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_add_resources.qdoc
index 7de9b94854..2e713b1b8e 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_add_resources.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/src/cmake/qt_add_resources.qdoc
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only
/*!
-\page qt_add_resources.html
+\page qt-add-resources.html
\ingroup cmake-commands-qtcore
\title qt_add_resources
-\target qt6_add_resources
+\keyword qt6_add_resources
\summary {Compiles binary resources into source code.}
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ qt_add_resources(<TARGET> <RESOURCE_NAME>
[PREFIX <PATH>]
[LANG <LANGUAGE>]
[BASE <PATH>]
+ [BIG_RESOURCES]
[OUTPUT_TARGETS <VARIABLE_NAME>]
[FILES ...] [OPTIONS ...])
\endcode
@@ -47,8 +48,6 @@ When passing a target as first argument, the function creates a resource with
the name \c{RESOURCE_NAME}, containing the specified \c{FILES}. The resource is
automatically linked into \c{TARGET}.
-For embedding bigger resources, see \l qt_add_big_resources.
-
See \l{The Qt Resource System} for a general description of Qt resources.
\section1 Arguments of the target-based variant
@@ -56,7 +55,9 @@ See \l{The Qt Resource System} for a general description of Qt resources.
\c PREFIX specifies a path prefix under which all files of this resource are
accessible from C++ code. This corresponds to the XML attribute \c prefix of the
\c .qrc file format. If \c PREFIX is not given, the target property
-\l{cmake-target-property-QT_RESOURCE_PREFIX}{QT_RESOURCE_PREFIX} is used.
+\l{cmake-target-property-QT_RESOURCE_PREFIX}{QT_RESOURCE_PREFIX} is used. Since
+6.5, \c{PREFIX} is optional. If it is omitted and not specified by
+\c{QT_RESOURCE_PREFIX}, \c{"/"} will be used as the default path prefix.
\c LANG specifies the locale of this resource. This corresponds to the XML
attribute \c lang of the \c .qrc file format.
@@ -69,6 +70,16 @@ example, if \c BASE is \c{"assets"} and \c FILES is
Alias settings for files need to be set via the \c QT_RESOURCE_ALIAS source file
property.
+\c BIG_RESOURCES can be specified to enable support for big resources. This
+directly generates object files (\c .o, \c .obj) instead of C++ source code.
+This allows embedding bigger resources, without having to compile generated C++
+sources, which can be too time consuming and memory intensive.
+
+Note that \c BIG_RESOURCES is not compatible with iOS due to restrictions of
+CMake's Xcode project generator. See
+\l{https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-103497}{QTBUG-103497} for details.
+Also, \c BIG_RESOURCES only works reliably from CMake 3.17 onwards.
+
When using this command with static libraries, one or more special targets will
be generated. Should you wish to perform additional processing on these targets,
pass a variable name to the \c OUTPUT_TARGETS parameter. The \c qt_add_resources
@@ -94,4 +105,6 @@ resources linked into the final target.
This especially affects static builds. There, the same resource name in
different static libraries conflict in the consuming target.
+
+\sa {qt6_add_big_resources}{qt_add_big_resources()}
*/