@@ -354,9 +354,8 @@ <h4><a id="add_conventional_targets_provided_under"></a> <a href="#contents">≡
 <a href="#project-submodule">project submodule</a> directories and adds those submodules to
 the project.</p>
 <ul>
-<li>If a project submodule contains a <code>.cppsm</code> directory and a
-<a href="#provides-directory"><code>provides</code></a> directory, then the <code>provides</code> directory is
-added with the
+<li>If a project submodule contains a <code>.cppsm</code> directory, then the <code>provides</code>
+directory of the submodule is added with the
 <a href="#add_conventional_targets_under"><code>add_conventional_targets_under</code></a> function.</li>
 </ul>
 <ul>
@@ -541,9 +540,8 @@ <h3><a id="conventional-project-structure"></a> <a href="#contents">≡</a> <a h
 provided targets depend upon.</li>
 </ul>
 <p><a id="project-submodule"></a><a href="#project-submodule">A project submodule</a> either
-contains a <a href="#project">project</a> with a <a href="#provides-directory"><code>provides</code></a>
-directory or just a <code>CMakeLists.txt</code> script. In the former case the submodule is
-treated as a cppsm <a href="#project">project</a> whose targets under
+contains a <a href="#project">project</a> or just a <code>CMakeLists.txt</code> script. In the former
+case the submodule is treated as a cppsm <a href="#project">project</a> whose targets under
 <a href="#provides-directory"><code>provides</code></a> will be added to the build and in the latter
 case the submodule is treated as a foreign CMake project to be added to the
 build.</p>
 
@@ -399,9 +399,8 @@ Recursively descends into the specified directory tree stopping at
 [project submodule](#project-submodule) directories and adds those submodules to
 the project.
 
-- If a project submodule contains a `.cppsm` directory and a
-  [`provides`](#provides-directory) directory, then the `provides` directory is
-  added with the
+- If a project submodule contains a `.cppsm` directory, then the `provides`
+  directory of the submodule is added with the
   [`add_conventional_targets_under`](#add_conventional_targets_under) function.
 
 * Otherwise when a project submodule contains a `CMakeLists.txt` script, then
@@ -613,9 +612,8 @@ and four optional directories as follows:
   provided targets depend upon.
 
 <a id="project-submodule"></a>[A project submodule](#project-submodule) either
-contains a [project](#project) with a [`provides`](#provides-directory)
-directory or just a `CMakeLists.txt` script. In the former case the submodule is
-treated as a cppsm [project](#project) whose targets under
+contains a [project](#project) or just a `CMakeLists.txt` script. In the former
+case the submodule is treated as a cppsm [project](#project) whose targets under
 [`provides`](#provides-directory) will be added to the build and in the latter
 case the submodule is treated as a foreign CMake project to be added to the
 build.