diff --git a/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/CamiTKApplication.cmake b/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/CamiTKApplication.cmake
index c7628f0e80a2cf9843049f8df7e9355c8c503153..73c250abff577d62bcf745d9aa5f3e03d5db9289 100644
--- a/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/CamiTKApplication.cmake
+++ b/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/CamiTKApplication.cmake
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
 #!
 #! macro camitk_application simplify writing a CMakeLists.txt for CamiTK application extension
 #!
-#! The name of the application is automatically the name of the directory from where this macro
-#! is called prefixed with "camitk-"
+#! \note 
+#! After the execution of this macro, the variable APPLICATION_TARGET_NAME 
+#! holds the name of the CMake target produced by this macro.
+#! The target name itself is equals to "camitk-<name>", where <name> is the name of the current 
+#! folder in lowercase.
 #!
 #! On Unix additional system resources can also be automatically installed or configured: man pages,
 #! desktop file and XPM icons.
diff --git a/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/CamiTKExtension.cmake b/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/CamiTKExtension.cmake
index 49e3298364c3f8ea4ccbef15b39807d3276268a0..b323a7fe32358bcea980ee900f1dbf9d3f4d5db2 100644
--- a/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/CamiTKExtension.cmake
+++ b/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/CamiTKExtension.cmake
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
 #!
 #! The name of the extension is automatically the name of the directory from where this macro
 #! is called, unless it is overriden by the TARGET_NAME parameter.
+#! 
+#! \note 
+#! To be more precise, after the execution of this macro, the variable <type>_TARGET_NAME (e.g. 
+#! ACTION_TARGET_NAME or COMPONENT_TARGET_NAME) holds the name of the CMake target produced by this macro.
+#! The target name itself is equals to either "action-<name>" or "component-<name>" (depending on the <type>
+#! of the extension), where <name> is the name of the current folder in lowercase, unless TARGET_NAME 
+#! is provided
 #!
 #!  usage:
 #! \code
diff --git a/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/CamiTKLibrary.cmake b/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/CamiTKLibrary.cmake
index b50ab2857538c31b0d1c2af545d891af1a48493d..85acf49bb613c41a2413aaccd14be46d9111dc45 100644
--- a/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/CamiTKLibrary.cmake
+++ b/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/CamiTKLibrary.cmake
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@
 #! macro camitk_library simplifies the declaration of a library inside CamiTK
 #! and is to be used for all inner project libraries
 #!
-#! The name of the CEP library is deduced from the name of the directory, unless LIBNAME is provided
+#! The name of the CEP library is automatically deduced from the name of the directory, 
+#! unless LIBNAME is provided
+#!
+#! \note 
+#! To be more precise, after the execution of this macro, the variable LIBRARY_TARGET_NAME 
+#! holds the name of the CMake target produced by this macro.
+#! The target name itself is equals to "library-<name>", where <name> is the name of the current 
+#! folder in lowercase unless LIBNAME is provided.
 #!
 #! If the library is compiled as shared, it adds the needed library properties
 #! If it needs relocation flag fPIC (on some plateforms), this macro should determine