diff --git a/contributing/development/compiling/introduction_to_the_buildsystem.rst b/contributing/development/compiling/introduction_to_the_buildsystem.rst
index a56a58eed59..4f7775bd446 100644
--- a/contributing/development/compiling/introduction_to_the_buildsystem.rst
+++ b/contributing/development/compiling/introduction_to_the_buildsystem.rst
@@ -365,6 +365,27 @@ aforementioned ``-j`` option for all future builds:
 
      $env:SCONSFLAGS="-j4"
 
+SCU (single compilation unit) build
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Regular builds tend to be bottlenecked by including large numbers of headers
+in each compilation translation unit. Primarily to speed up development (rather
+than for production builds), Godot offers a "single compilation unit" build
+(aka "Unity / Jumbo" build).
+
+For the folders accelerated by this option, multiple ``.cpp`` files are
+compiled in each translation unit, so headers can be shared between multiple
+files, which can dramatically decrease build times.
+
+To make a SCU build, use the ``scu_build=yes`` SCons option.
+
+.. note:: When developing a Pull Request using SCU builds, be sure to make a
+          regular build prior to submitting the PR. This is because SCU builds
+          by nature include headers from earlier ``.cpp`` files in the
+          translation unit, therefore won't catch all the includes you will
+          need in a regular build. The CI will catch these errors but it will
+          usually be faster to catch them on a local build on your machine.
+
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