diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c84835d82..6ac85bff6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ option(GTSAM_ENABLE_CONSISTENCY_CHECKS   "Enable/Disable expensive consistency c
 option(GTSAM_WITH_TBB                    "Use Intel Threaded Building Blocks (TBB) if available" ON)
 option(GTSAM_WITH_EIGEN_MKL              "Eigen will use Intel MKL if available" OFF)
 option(GTSAM_WITH_EIGEN_MKL_OPENMP       "Eigen, when using Intel MKL, will also use OpenMP for multithreading if available" OFF)
-option(GTSAM_THROW_CHEIRALITY_EXCEPTION "Throw exception when a triangulated point is behind a camera" ON)
+option(GTSAM_THROW_CHEIRALITY_EXCEPTION  "Throw exception when a triangulated point is behind a camera" ON)
 option(GTSAM_ALLOW_DEPRECATED_SINCE_V4   "Allow use of methods/functions deprecated in GTSAM 4" ON)
 option(GTSAM_TYPEDEF_POINTS_TO_VECTORS   "Typedef Point2 and Point3 to Eigen::Vector equivalents" OFF)
 option(GTSAM_SUPPORT_NESTED_DISSECTION   "Support Metis-based nested dissection" ON)
@@ -556,6 +556,12 @@ else()
 endif()
 message(STATUS "  Default allocator              : ${GTSAM_DEFAULT_ALLOCATOR}")
 
+if(GTSAM_THROW_CHEIRALITY_EXCEPTION)
+	message(STATUS "  Cheirality exceptions enabled  : YES")
+else()
+	message(STATUS "  Cheirality exceptions enabled  : NO")
+endif()
+
 if(NOT MSVC AND NOT XCODE_VERSION)
 	if(CCACHE_FOUND AND GTSAM_BUILD_WITH_CCACHE)
 		message(STATUS "  Build with ccache              : Yes")