diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 56dcca578..82f3cef82 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -132,8 +132,10 @@ Fixed bugs:
 
 * off-by-one error in environment setup for execution under OpenVMS fixed.
 
-* Bugzilla report 36171: -noclasspath crashes ant if no system classpath is set. 
+* Bugzilla report 36171: -noclasspath crashes ant if no system classpath is set.
 
+* <pvcs> used wrong switch for retrieving revisions by label.
+  Bugzilla Report 36359.
 
 Other changes:
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diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/pvcs/Pvcs.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/pvcs/Pvcs.java
index ee7cee1d6..70331770a 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/pvcs/Pvcs.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/pvcs/Pvcs.java
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ public class Pvcs extends org.apache.tools.ant.Task {
                     + getPromotiongroup());
             } else {
                 if (getLabel() != null) {
-                    commandLine.createArgument().setValue("-r" + getLabel());
+                    commandLine.createArgument().setValue("-v" + getLabel());
                 } else {
                     if (getRevision() != null) {
                         commandLine.createArgument().setValue("-r"