diff --git a/docs/INSTALL-CMAKE.md b/docs/INSTALL-CMAKE.md
index 4b9b85326f..edce5c0e72 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL-CMAKE.md
+++ b/docs/INSTALL-CMAKE.md
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ target_link_libraries(my_target PRIVATE CURL::libcurl)
 - `BUILD_LIBCURL_DOCS`:                     Build libcurl man pages. Default: `ON`
 - `BUILD_MISC_DOCS`:                        Build misc man pages (e.g. `curl-config` and `mk-ca-bundle`). Default: `ON`
 - `BUILD_SHARED_LIBS`:                      Build shared libraries. Default: `ON`
-- `BUILD_STATIC_CURL`:                      Build curl executable with static libcurl. Default: `OFF`
-- `BUILD_STATIC_LIBS`:                      Build static libraries. Default: `OFF`
+- `BUILD_STATIC_CURL`:                      Build curl executable with static libcurl. Default: `OFF` (turns to `ON`, when building static libcurl only)
+- `BUILD_STATIC_LIBS`:                      Build static libraries. Default: `OFF` (turns to `ON` if `BUILD_SHARED_LIBS` is `OFF`)
 - `BUILD_TESTING`:                          Build tests. Default: `ON`
 - `CURL_CLANG_TIDY`:                        Run the build through `clang-tidy`. Default: `OFF`
 - `CURL_CLANG_TIDYFLAGS`:                   Custom options to pass to `clang-tidy`. Default: (empty)