diff --git a/docs/_config.yml b/docs/_config.yml
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--- a/docs/_config.yml
+++ b/docs/_config.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 repository: pmd/pmd
 
 pmd:
-    version: 6.41.0-SNAPSHOT
+    version: 6.41.0
     previous_version: 6.40.0
     date: 27-November-2021
     release_type: minor
diff --git a/docs/pages/next_major_development.md b/docs/pages/next_major_development.md
index 57f110c4e7..719775b55a 100644
--- a/docs/pages/next_major_development.md
+++ b/docs/pages/next_major_development.md
@@ -125,6 +125,57 @@ the breaking API changes will be performed in 7.0.0.
 an API is tagged as `@Deprecated` or not in the latest minor release. During the development of 7.0.0,
 we may decide to remove some APIs that were not tagged as deprecated, though we'll try to avoid it." %}
 
+#### 6.41.0
+
+##### Command Line Interface
+
+The command line options for PMD and CPD now use GNU-syle long options format. E.g. instead of `-rulesets` the
+preferred usage is now `--rulesets`. Alternatively one can still use the short option `-R`.
+Some options also have been renamed to a more consistent casing pattern at the same time
+(`--fail-on-violation` instead of `-failOnViolation`).
+The old single-dash options are still supported but are deprecated and will be removed with PMD 7.
+This change makes the command line interface more consistent within PMD and also less surprising
+compared to other cli tools.
+
+The changes in detail for PMD:
+
+|old option                     |new option|
+|-------------------------------|----------|
+| `-rulesets`                   | `--rulesets` (or `-R`) |
+| `-uri`                        | `--uri` |
+| `-dir`                        | `--dir` (or `-d`) |
+| `-filelist`                   | `--file-list` |
+| `-ignorelist`                 | `--ignore-list` |
+| `-format`                     | `--format` (or `-f`) |
+| `-debug`                      | `--debug` |
+| `-verbose`                    | `--verbose` |
+| `-help`                       | `--help` |
+| `-encoding`                   | `--encoding` |
+| `-threads`                    | `--threads` |
+| `-benchmark`                  | `--benchmark` |
+| `-stress`                     | `--stress` |
+| `-shortnames`                 | `--short-names` |
+| `-showsuppressed`             | `--show-suppressed` |
+| `-suppressmarker`             | `--suppress-marker` |
+| `-minimumpriority`            | `--minimum-priority` |
+| `-property`                   | `--property` |
+| `-reportfile`                 | `--report-file` |
+| `-force-language`             | `--force-language` |
+| `-auxclasspath`               | `--aux-classpath` |
+| `-failOnViolation`            | `--fail-on-violation` |
+| `--failOnViolation`           | `--fail-on-violation` |
+| `-norulesetcompatibility`     | `--no-ruleset-compatibility` |
+| `-cache`                      | `--cache` |
+| `-no-cache`                   | `--no-cache` |
+
+The changes in detail for CPD:
+
+|old option             |new option|
+|-----------------------|----------|
+| `--failOnViolation`   | `--fail-on-violation` |
+| `-failOnViolation`    | `--fail-on-violation` |
+| `--filelist`          | `--file-list` |
+
 #### 6.40.0
 
 ##### Experimental APIs
diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index cc8e4698ca..e1237bbc11 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -104,5 +104,10 @@ The changes in detail for CPD:
 *   [#3612](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3612): \[java] Created fix for UselessStringValueOf false positive - [John Armgardt](https://github.com/johnra2)
 *   [#3648](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3648): \[doc] Rename Code Inspector to Codiga - [Julien Delange](https://github.com/juli1)
 
+### Stats
+* 80 commits
+* 23 closed tickets & PRs
+* Days since last release: 28
+
 {% endtocmaker %}