diff --git a/pmd-netbeans/CHANGES.txt b/pmd-netbeans/CHANGES.txt
index e0e3cf2e1e..e0189c5178 100644
--- a/pmd-netbeans/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/pmd-netbeans/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- JDK1.5 or newer is required now
+
 Version 1.8
 - Updated pmd to version 3.8
 - reported violations are displayed as a table