diff --git a/cmake/sanitizers.cmake b/cmake/sanitizers.cmake
index b601142b..5f3940a2 100644
--- a/cmake/sanitizers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/sanitizers.cmake
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 include_guard()
 
-option(ENABLE_ADDRESS_SANITIZER OFF)
-option(ENABLE_UB_SANITIZER OFF)
-option(ENABLE_LEAK_SANITIZER OFF)
+option(ENABLE_ADDRESS_SANITIZER "Enable -fsanitize=address" OFF)
+option(ENABLE_UB_SANITIZER "Enable -fsanitize=undefined" OFF)
+option(ENABLE_LEAK_SANITIZER "Enable -fsanitize=leak" OFF)
 if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang" OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU")
   if(ENABLE_ADDRESS_SANITIZER)
     add_compile_options(-fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer)
diff --git a/cmake/scoreboard.cmake b/cmake/scoreboard.cmake
index 24fdb3d0..773d4f56 100644
--- a/cmake/scoreboard.cmake
+++ b/cmake/scoreboard.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include_guard()
 
-option(USE_SCOREBOARD OFF)
+option(USE_SCOREBOARD "Enable scoreboard generation" OFF)
 if(USE_SCOREBOARD)
   find_package(Python REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter)
 endif(USE_SCOREBOARD)
diff --git a/cmake/sphinx.cmake b/cmake/sphinx.cmake
index 58474852..9f4fc641 100644
--- a/cmake/sphinx.cmake
+++ b/cmake/sphinx.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include_guard()
 
-option(USE_DOCS OFF)
+option(USE_DOCS "Build Sphinx documentation" OFF)
 if(USE_DOCS)
   set(SPHINXBUILD "sphinx-build")
   set(SPHINXINTL "sphinx-intl")