diff --git a/pmd/rulesets/newrules.xml b/pmd/rulesets/newrules.xml
index 7659e7ba52..38dc4761ce 100644
--- a/pmd/rulesets/newrules.xml
+++ b/pmd/rulesets/newrules.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ These are new rules for the next release
     </rule>
 
     <rule name="IdempotentOperationsRule"
-          message="Avoid idempotent operations"
+          message="NOT FULLY IMPLEMENTED - Avoid idempotent operations"
           class="net.sourceforge.pmd.rules.IdempotentOperationsRule">
       <description>
       Avoid idempotent operations - they are silly.