diff --git a/neo/CMakeLists.txt b/neo/CMakeLists.txt
index c5e11188..b6662492 100644
--- a/neo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/neo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ option(USE_SYSTEM_LIBJPEG
 option(USE_SYSTEM_LIBGLEW
                 "Use the system libglew instead of the bundled one" OFF)
 
-set(CPU_TYPE "" CACHE STRING "When set, passes this string as CPU-ID and disables CPU specific optimizatin which are not default for the compiler")
+set(CPU_TYPE "" CACHE STRING "When set, passes this string as CPU-ID which will be embedded into the binary.")
 
 set(CPU_OPTIMIZATION "-mmmx -msse -msse2" CACHE STRING "Which CPU specific optimitations should be used beside the compiler's default?")