diff --git a/doc/src/projects/creator-only/creator-projects-generic.qdoc b/doc/src/projects/creator-only/creator-projects-generic.qdoc
index 15567d67a19..2a387de1a71 100644
--- a/doc/src/projects/creator-only/creator-projects-generic.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/projects/creator-only/creator-projects-generic.qdoc
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@
 
                \li  .creator
 
+               \li  \l{Forwarding Flags to Clang Code Model}{.cflags}
+
+               \li  \l{Forwarding Flags to Clang Code Model}{.cxxflags}
+
            \endlist
 
     \endlist
@@ -126,6 +130,14 @@
     #define NAME value
     \endcode
 
+    \section1 Forwarding Flags to Clang Code Model
+
+    The \c {.cxxflags} and \c {.cflags} files contain command line flags for the
+    Clang code model, one flag per line.
+
+    For example, specify the \c {-std=c++11} to set the language version
+    for parsing as C++11.
+
     \section1 Providing Deployment Information
 
     If you want to run your application on an embedded Linux device, you first need to