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@@ -18,10 +18,14 @@ configuration in diverse ways:
Configurations of OpenSSL target platforms
==========================================
-Target configurations are a collection of facts that we know about
+Configuration targets are a collection of facts that we know about
different platforms and their capabilities. We organise them in a
hash table, where each entry represent a specific target.
+Note that configuration target names must be unique across all config
+files. The Configure script does check that a config file doesn't
+have config targets that shadow config targets from other files.
+
In each table entry, the following keys are significant:
inherit_from => Other targets to inherit values from.