diff --git a/doc/src/cmake/snippets/cmake/examples.cmake b/doc/src/cmake/snippets/cmake/examples.cmake
index 4c802c677..076f5211a 100644
--- a/doc/src/cmake/snippets/cmake/examples.cmake
+++ b/doc/src/cmake/snippets/cmake/examples.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #! [0]
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.0)
 
-project(helloworld)
+project(helloworld VERSION 1.0.0 LANGUAGES CXX)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
 set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)