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diff --git a/doc/internal/man7/build.info.pod b/doc/internal/man7/build.info.pod
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@@ -444,6 +444,12 @@ rather than the specific I<items>.
The I<items> may be any program, library, module, script, or any
filename used as a value anywhere.
+The I<items> may also be literal build file targets. Those are
+recognised by being surrounded be vertical bars (also known as the
+"pipe" character), C<|>. For example:
+
+ DEPEND[|tests|]=fipsmodule.cnf
+
B<DEPEND> statements may have attributes, which apply to each
individual dependency in such a statement. For example: