diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 339005563..d8a152c4d 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ $Source$
 	  is set to E_ALL
 	* import the "Insert new row to edit page" feature put by Korakot in
 	  the stable CVS tree
-	* lib.inc.php3, line 590: stip slash the message to be displayed
+	* lib.inc.php3, line 590: strip slash the message to be displayed
 
 2001-05-07  Marc Delisle <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
 	* In csv data, can add a character at end-of-line
+	* Added a shell script that adds a message to all message files
 
 2001-05-07  Armel Fauveau <armel.fauveau@globalis-ms.com>
 	* Added the phpMyBookmark patch
diff --git a/lang/add_message.sh b/lang/add_message.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8be90fea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/add_message.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Shell script that adds a message to all message files (Lem9)
+#
+# Example:  add_message '$strNewMessage' 'new message contents'
+#
+for file in *.inc.php3
+do
+        echo $file " "
+        grep -v '?>' ${file} > ${file}.new
+        echo "$1=\""  $2  '";  //to translate' >> ${file}.new
+        echo "?>" >> ${file}.new
+        rm $file
+        mv ${file}.new $file
+done
+echo " "
+echo "This script also added the new message to english.inc.php3"