diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a5c5d113c..7060fe713 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ option(HIGHFIVE_TEST_HALF_FLOAT "Enable half-precision floats" OFF)
 # TODO remove entirely.
 option(HIGHFIVE_HAS_CONCEPTS "Print readable compiler errors w/ C++20 concepts" OFF)
 
+set(HIGHFIVE_MAX_ERROR 0 "Maximum number of compiler errors.")
 option(HIGHFIVE_HAS_WERROR "Convert warnings to errors." OFF)
 option(HIGHFIVE_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS "Enable bounds check for STL." OFF)
 # TODO these some magic to get a drop down menu in ccmake
diff --git a/cmake/HighFiveWarnings.cmake b/cmake/HighFiveWarnings.cmake
index 16896b648..dfd43c7f1 100644
--- a/cmake/HighFiveWarnings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/HighFiveWarnings.cmake
@@ -31,13 +31,20 @@ if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang"
                 -Wcast-align
                 -Wdouble-promotion
         )
-    endif()
 
-    if(HIGHFIVE_HAS_WERROR)
-        target_compile_options(HighFiveWarnings
-            INTERFACE
-                -Werror
-                -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations
-        )
+      if(HIGHFIVE_MAX_ERRORS)
+          target_compile_options(HighFiveWarnings
+              INTERFACE
+              -fmax-errors=${HIGHFIVE_MAX_ERRORS}
+          )
+      endif()
+
+      if(HIGHFIVE_HAS_WERROR)
+          target_compile_options(HighFiveWarnings
+              INTERFACE
+                  -Werror
+                  -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations
+          )
+      endif()
     endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/doc/developer_guide.md b/doc/developer_guide.md
index f129ecb1d..a5ed2767d 100644
--- a/doc/developer_guide.md
+++ b/doc/developer_guide.md
@@ -23,8 +23,13 @@ cmake --build build --parallel
 ctest --test-dir build
 ```
 
-You might want to turn Boost `-DHIGHFIVE_TEST_BOOST=On` or optional
-dependencies on.
+You might want to add:
+* `-DHIGHFIVE_TEST_BOOST=On` or other optional dependencies on,
+* `-DHIGHFIVE_MAX_ERROR=3` to only show the first three errors.
+
+Generic CMake reminders:
+* `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX` defines where HighFive will be installed,
+* `-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH` defines where `*Config.cmake` files are found.
 
 ## Contributing
 There's numerous HDF5 features that haven't been wrapped yet. HighFive is a