diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 910097215a..f99c57bff5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ include(ProjectSourceGroup)
 
 
 if(LYX_PROFILE AND NOT MSVC)
-	set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Profile CACHE TYPE STRING FORCE)
+	set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Profile CACHE STRING "Profile build type" FORCE)
 	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_PROFILE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -pg")
 	set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS  "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}  -pg")
 else()
@@ -619,12 +619,12 @@ if(NOT MSVC)
 	if(LYX_STDLIB_DEBUG)
 		set(LYX_CXX_FLAGS "${LYX_CXX_FLAGS} -D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG -D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG_PEDANTIC")
 	endif()
-	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS       "${LYX_CXX_FLAGS} -fno-strict-aliasing " CACHE TYPE STRING FORCE)
-	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-O0 -g3 -D_DEBUG" CACHE TYPE STRING FORCE)
+	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS       "${LYX_CXX_FLAGS} -fno-strict-aliasing " CACHE STRING "Set CXX flags" FORCE)
+	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-O0 -g3 -D_DEBUG" CACHE STRING "Set debug flags" FORCE)
 	if(MINGW)
-		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O2 -DNDEBUG" CACHE TYPE STRING FORCE)
+		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O2 -DNDEBUG" CACHE STRING "Set release flags for Mingw" FORCE)
 	else()
-		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3 -DNDEBUG" CACHE TYPE STRING FORCE)
+		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3 -DNDEBUG" CACHE STRING "Set release flags" FORCE)
 	endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ if(MSVC)
 
 	if(LYX_WALL)
 		# Use the highest warning level
-		set(CMAKE_CXX_WARNING_LEVEL 4 CACHE TYPE STRING FORCE)
+		set(CMAKE_CXX_WARNING_LEVEL 4 CACHE STRING "Warning level" FORCE)
 
 		if(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS MATCHES "/W[0-4]")
 			string(REGEX REPLACE "/W[0-4]" "/W4" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ if(MSVC)
 		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL} /Wp64 ${MSVC_W_ERROR} ${MSVC_W_DISABLE}")
 
 	else()
-		set(CMAKE_CXX_WARNING_LEVEL 3 CACHE TYPE STRING FORCE)
+		set(CMAKE_CXX_WARNING_LEVEL 3 CACHE STRING "Warning level" FORCE)
 
 		# add here warnings which should produce an error /weXXXX
 		set(MSVC_W_ERROR   "/we4101 /we4189")
diff --git a/development/cmake/modules/FindICONV.cmake b/development/cmake/modules/FindICONV.cmake
index 93d8339e02..6814a7cd80 100644
--- a/development/cmake/modules/FindICONV.cmake
+++ b/development/cmake/modules/FindICONV.cmake
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ else()
 	check_function_exists(iconv HAVE_ICONV_IN_LIBC)
 	if(ICONV_INCLUDE_DIR AND HAVE_ICONV_IN_LIBC)
    		set(ICONV_FOUND TRUE)
-		set(ICONV_LIBRARY  CACHE TYPE STRING FORCE)
+		set(ICONV_LIBRARY  CACHE STRING "Iconv lib" FORCE)
 	endif()
 	if(ICONV_INCLUDE_DIR AND ICONV_LIBRARY)
    		set(ICONV_FOUND TRUE)
diff --git a/development/cmake/modules/LyXPaths.cmake b/development/cmake/modules/LyXPaths.cmake
index fb46fb3c6b..a5e3c87bf6 100644
--- a/development/cmake/modules/LyXPaths.cmake
+++ b/development/cmake/modules/LyXPaths.cmake
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ if(WINDEPS)
 	
 	# don't stop in FindQt4.cmake because qmake will
 	# report wrong paths
-	set(QT_HEADERS_DIR "${WINDEPSDIR}/qt-4/include" CACHE TYPE STRING FORCE)
-	set(QT_LIBRARY_DIR "${WINDEPSDIR}/qt-4/lib" CACHE TYPE STRING FORCE)
-	set(QT_BINARY_DIR  "${WINDEPSDIR}/qt-4/bin" CACHE TYPE STRING FORCE)
-	set(QT_MKSPECS_DIR "${WINDEPSDIR}/qt-4/mkspecs" CACHE TYPE STRING FORCE)
-	set(QT_PLUGINS_DIR "${WINDEPSDIR}/qt-4/plugins" CACHE TYPE STRING FORCE)
-	set(QT_MOC_EXECUTABLE "${WINDEPSDIR}/qt-4/bin/moc.exe" CACHE TYPE STRING FORCE)
-	set(QT_UIC_EXECUTABLE "${WINDEPSDIR}/qt-4/bin/uic.exe" CACHE TYPE STRING FORCE)
-	set(QT_RCC_EXECUTABLE "${WINDEPSDIR}/qt-4/bin/rcc.exe" CACHE TYPE STRING FORCE)
+	set(QT_HEADERS_DIR "${WINDEPSDIR}/qt-4/include" CACHE STRING "Qt4 headers directory" FORCE)
+	set(QT_LIBRARY_DIR "${WINDEPSDIR}/qt-4/lib" CACHE STRING "Qt4 libraries directory" FORCE)
+	set(QT_BINARY_DIR  "${WINDEPSDIR}/qt-4/bin" CACHE STRING "Qt4 binaries directory" FORCE)
+	set(QT_MKSPECS_DIR "${WINDEPSDIR}/qt-4/mkspecs" CACHE STRING "Qt4 mkspecs directory" FORCE)
+	set(QT_PLUGINS_DIR "${WINDEPSDIR}/qt-4/plugins" CACHE STRING "Qt4 plugins directory" FORCE)
+	set(QT_MOC_EXECUTABLE "${WINDEPSDIR}/qt-4/bin/moc.exe" CACHE STRING "Qt4 moc executable" FORCE)
+	set(QT_UIC_EXECUTABLE "${WINDEPSDIR}/qt-4/bin/uic.exe" CACHE STRING "Qt4 uic executable" FORCE)
+	set(QT_RCC_EXECUTABLE "${WINDEPSDIR}/qt-4/bin/rcc.exe" CACHE STRING "Qt4 rcc executable" FORCE)
 endif()
 
 if(LYX_3RDPARTY_BUILD)