diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/resources/rulesets/releases/540.xml b/pmd-core/src/main/resources/rulesets/releases/540.xml
index 7bace17042..ba806a578f 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/resources/rulesets/releases/540.xml
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/resources/rulesets/releases/540.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ This ruleset contains links to rules that are new in PMD v5.4.0
+
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/clone.xml b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/clone.xml
index 82dda023fa..766f713df3 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/clone.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/clone.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,10 @@ public class MyClass {
class="net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.XPathRule"
externalInfoUrl="${pmd.website.baseurl}/rules/java/clone.html#CloneMethodReturnTypeMustMatchClassName">
-If a class implements cloneable the return type of the method clone() must be the class name.
+If a class implements cloneable the return type of the method clone() must be the class name. That way, the caller
+of the clone method doesn't need to cast the returned clone to the correct type.
+
+Note: This is only possible with Java 1.5 or higher.
3
diff --git a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
index 2f09ae9ad5..c12f661167 100644
--- a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
+++ b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
@@ -9,19 +9,30 @@
* [#1344](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1344/): AbstractNaming should check reverse
* [#1361](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1361/): ShortVariable and ShortMethodName configuration
-**New/Modified/Deprecated Rules:**
-
+**New Rules:**
* New Rule: rulesets/java/design.xml/SingleMethodSingletonRule: Verifies that there is only one method called
"getInstance". If there are more methods that return the singleton, than it can easily happen, that these
are not the same instances - and thus no singleton.
* New Rule: rulesets/java/design.xml/SingletonClassReturningNewInstance: Verifies that the method called
"getInstance" returns a cached instance not always a fresh, new instance.
-* Language Java, ruleset design.xml: The rule "UseSingleton" *has been renamed* to "UseUtilityClass".
- See also bugs [#1059](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1059) and [#1339](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1339/).
* New Rule: rulesets/pom/basic.xml/ProjectVersionAsDependencyVersion: Checks the usage of ${project.version} in
Maven POM files. This rule can be found in the pmd-xml module.
* New Rule: rulesets/pom/basic.xml/InvalidDependencyTypes: Verifies that only the default types (jar, war, ...)
for dependencies are used. This rule can be found in the pmd-xml module.
+* New Rule: rulesets/java/comments.xml/CommentDefaultAccessModifier: In order to avoid mistakes with
+ forgotten access modifiers for methods, this rule ensures, that you explicitly mark the usage of the
+ default access modifier by placing a comment.
+* New Rule: rulesets/java/basic.xml/SimplifiedTernary: Ternary operator with a boolean literal
+ can be simplified with a boolean expression.
+* New Rule: rulesets/java/unnecessary.xml/UselessQualifiedThis: Flags unnecessary qualified usages
+ of this, when `this` alone would be unique. E.g. use just `this` instead of `Foo.this`.
+* New Rule: rulesets/java/clone.xml/CloneMethodReturnTypeMustMatchClassName: If a class implements cloneable
+ the return type of the method clone() must be the class name.
+
+**Modified/Deprecated Rules:**
+
+* Renamed Rule: Language Java, ruleset design.xml: The rule "UseSingleton" *has been renamed* to "UseUtilityClass".
+ See also bugs [#1059](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1059) and [#1339](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1339/).
* Modified Rule: rulesets/java/naming.xml/AbstractNaming: By default, this rule flags now classes,
that are named "Abstract" but are not abstract. This behavior can be disabled by setting
the new property "strict" to false.
@@ -29,15 +40,8 @@
the minimum required length of a variable name.
* Modified Rule: rulesets/java/naming.xml/ShortMethodName: Additional property `minimum` to configure
the minimum required length of a method name.
-* New Rule: rulesets/java/comments.xml/CommentDefaultAccessModifier: In order to avoid mistakes with
- forgotten access modifiers for methods, this rule ensures, that you explicitly mark the usage of the
- default access modifier by placing a comment.
-* New Rule: rulesets/java/basic.xml/SimplifiedTernary: Ternary operator with a boolean literal
- can be simplified with a boolean expression.
* Modified Rule: rulesets/java/junit.xml/UseAssertTrueInsteadOfAssertEquals: This rule also flags
assertEquals, that use Boolean.TRUE/FALSE constants.
-* New Rule: rulesets/java/unnecessary.xml/UselessQualifiedThis: Flags unnecessary qualified usages
- of this, when `this` alone would be unique. E.g. use just `this` instead of `Foo.this`.
**Pull Requests:**
@@ -50,6 +54,7 @@
* [#58](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/58): Add rule for unnecessary literal boolean in ternary operators
* [#59](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/59): Add check to Boxed booleans in UseAssertTrueInsteadOfAssertEquals rule
* [#60](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/60): Add UselessQualifiedThisRule
+* [#61](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/61): Add CloneMethodReturnTypeMustMatchClassName rule
**Bugfixes:**