diff --git a/pmd/bin/cpd.sh b/pmd/bin/cpd.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index e35be901d6..8e78e93d7b
--- a/pmd/bin/cpd.sh
+++ b/pmd/bin/cpd.sh
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ case "$HEAPSIZE" in
 esac
 
 case "$LANGUAGE" in
-cpp|c) ;;
-*) echo "Language '$LANGUAGE' unknown (try: cpp, c)"
+c|cpp|fortran|java|jsp|php|ruby) ;;
+*) echo "Language '$LANGUAGE' unknown (try: c, cpp, fortran, java, jsp, php, ruby)"
    exit 1
 esac
 
diff --git a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
index bc408784de..56bb4912e4 100644
--- a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
+++ b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Fixed bug 1928009 - Error using migration ruleset in PMD 4.2
 Fixed bug 1932242 - EmptyMethodInAbstractClassShouldBeAbstract false +
 ruleset.dtd and ruleset_xml_schema.xsd added to jar file in rulesets directory
 Update RuleSetWriter to handle non-Apache TRAX implementations, add an option to not use XML Namespaces
-retroweaver version was not correct in java14/bin scripts
+bin and java14/bin scripts:
+	retroweaver version was not correct in java14/bin scripts
+	support for extra languages in cpd.sh
 
 March 25, 2008 - 4.2:
 
diff --git a/pmd/java14/bin/cpd.sh b/pmd/java14/bin/cpd.sh
index d0e489f98e..1ee8a28833 100644
--- a/pmd/java14/bin/cpd.sh
+++ b/pmd/java14/bin/cpd.sh
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ case "$HEAPSIZE" in
 esac
 
 case "$LANGUAGE" in
-cpp|c) ;;
-*) echo "Language '$LANGUAGE' unknown (try: cpp, c)"
+c|cpp|fortran|java|jsp|php|ruby) ;;
+*) echo "Language '$LANGUAGE' unknown (try: c, cpp, fortran, java, jsp, php, ruby)"
    exit 1
 esac