diff --git a/docs/source/keywords.rst b/docs/source/keywords.rst
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@@ -734,6 +734,11 @@ Kokkos will attempt to autodetect the architecture flag at configuration time.
 Intel GPUs
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
+If the SYCL backend is enabled and no GPU architecture is specified,
+Kokkos will use Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation and select the first visible device for the default execution space instance.
+There is no restriction to a particular SYCL device type.
+Thus, this is the only option to target a CPU with the SYCL backend (which is experimental, untested, and not optimized for).
+
 .. list-table::
     :widths: 25 35 40
     :header-rows: 1