diff --git a/cmake/README.md b/cmake/README.md
index 95b2dd7447..01b6f6a60e 100644
--- a/cmake/README.md
+++ b/cmake/README.md
@@ -286,7 +286,16 @@ cmake -C ../cmake/presets/all_on.cmake -C ../cmake/presets/nolib.cmake -D PKG_GP
 </tr>
 <tr>
   <td><code>LAMMPS_MACHINE</code></td>
-  <td>allows appending a machine suffix to the generate LAMMPS binary</td>
+  <td>allows appending a machine suffix to the generated LAMMPS binary</td>
+  <td>
+  <dl>
+    <dt>*none*  (default)</dt>
+  </dl>
+  </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td><code>LAMMPS_LIB_SUFFIX</code></td>
+  <td>allows appending a suffix to the generated LAMMPS library</td>
   <td>
   <dl>
     <dt>*none*  (default)</dt>
diff --git a/doc/src/Build_basics.txt b/doc/src/Build_basics.txt
index 411e7858ac..04e11009af 100644
--- a/doc/src/Build_basics.txt
+++ b/doc/src/Build_basics.txt
@@ -235,12 +235,16 @@ running LAMMPS from Python via its library interface.
 
 -D BUILD_EXE=value           # yes (default) or no
 -D BUILD_LIB=value           # yes or no (default)
--D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=value   # yes or no (default) :pre
+-D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=value   # yes or no (default)
+-D LAMMPS_LIB_SUFFIX=name    # name = mpi, serial, mybox, titan, laptop, etc
+                             # no default value :pre
+
 
 Setting BUILD_EXE=no will not produce an executable.  Setting
 BUILD_LIB=yes will produce a static library named liblammps.a.
 Setting both BUILD_LIB=yes and BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=yes will produce a
-shared library named liblammps.so.
+shared library named liblammps.so. If LAMMPS_LIB_SUFFIX is set the generated
+libraries will be named liblammps_name.a or liblammps_name.so instead.
 
 [Traditional make]: