diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 3aba922d7..c1026d229 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ Fixed bugs:
 * <cvstagdiff> would throw a NullPointException if there had been no
   differences.
 
+* <cvschangelog> could miss today's changes.
+
 Other changes:
 --------------
 * <setproxy> lets you set the username and password for proxies that want authentication
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/ChangeLogTask.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/ChangeLogTask.java
index dd9d2c9a8..8b0b43ab7 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/ChangeLogTask.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/ChangeLogTask.java
@@ -249,9 +249,10 @@ public class ChangeLogTask extends Task {
                     new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
 
                 // We want something of the form: -d ">=YYYY-MM-dd"
-                final String dateRange = "-d >="
-                     + outputDate.format(m_start);
+                final String dateRange = ">=" + outputDate.format(m_start);
 
+		// Supply '-d' as a separate argument - Bug# 14397
+                command.createArgument().setValue("-d");
                 command.createArgument().setValue(dateRange);
             }
 
@@ -275,8 +276,7 @@ public class ChangeLogTask extends Task {
             final RedirectingStreamHandler handler =
                 new RedirectingStreamHandler(parser);
 
-            log("ChangeLog command: [" + command.toString() + "]",
-                Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
+            log(command.describeCommand(), Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
 
             final Execute exe = new Execute(handler);