diff --git a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/PMD.java b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/PMD.java
index 8096b68eac..ef678f1080 100644
--- a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/PMD.java
+++ b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/PMD.java
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.JavaParser;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTCompilationUnit;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.JavaParserVisitor;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ParseException;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.renderers.*;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.renderers.Renderer;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.renderers.XMLRenderer;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.renderers.HTMLRenderer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.swingui.PMDViewer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.FileFinder;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd.JavaFileOrDirectoryFilter;
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ public class PMD {
             return;
         }
 
-        if (args.length != 3) {
+        if (args.length < 3) {
             System.err.println("");
             System.err.println("Please pass in a java source code filename or directory, a report format, and a ruleset filename or a comma-delimited string of ruleset filenames." + System.getProperty("line.separator") + "For example: " + System.getProperty("line.separator") + "c:\\> java -jar pmd-0.9.jar c:\\my\\source\\code html rulesets/unusedcode.xml,rulesets/imports.xml");
             System.err.println("");
@@ -109,12 +108,15 @@ public class PMD {
             rsnfe.printStackTrace();
         }
 
-        Renderer rend = null;
         if (reportFormat.equals("xml")) {
-            rend = new XMLRenderer();
+            Renderer rend = new XMLRenderer();
+            System.out.println(rend.render(ctx.getReport()));
+        } else if (reportFormat.equals("text")) {
+            TextRendererForIDEAJ special = new TextRendererForIDEAJ();
+            System.out.println(special.render(ctx.getReport(), args[3], args[4]));
         } else {
-            rend = new HTMLRenderer();
+            Renderer rend = new HTMLRenderer();
+            System.out.println(rend.render(ctx.getReport()));
         }
-        System.out.println(rend.render(ctx.getReport()));
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/TextRendererForIDEAJ.java b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/TextRendererForIDEAJ.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16d48a9f0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/TextRendererForIDEAJ.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * User: tom
+ * Date: Sep 23, 2002
+ * Time: 5:07:40 PM
+ */
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.renderers;
+
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.Report;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.RuleViolation;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+public class TextRendererForIDEAJ {
+    protected String EOL = System.getProperty("line.separator", "\n");
+
+	public String render(Report report, String classAndMethod, String file) {
+        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
+        for (Iterator i = report.iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
+            RuleViolation rv = (RuleViolation) i.next();
+            buf.append(rv.getDescription() + EOL);
+            buf.append(" at " + classAndMethod + "(" + file + ":" + rv.getLine() +")" + EOL);
+        }
+        return buf.toString();
+	}
+}