diff --git a/plugins/Misc/plugin.py b/plugins/Misc/plugin.py
index 1d4c88982..8e372d857 100644
--- a/plugins/Misc/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Misc/plugin.py
@@ -319,8 +319,9 @@ class Misc(callbacks.Plugin):
             self.log.info('Couldn\'t get website version: %s', e)
             newest = _('I couldn\'t fetch the newest version '
                      'from the Limnoria repository.')
-        s = _('The current (running) version of this Supybot is %s.  %s') % \
-            (conf.version, newest)
+        s = _('The current (running) version of this Supybot is %s, '
+              'running on Python %s.  %s') % \
+            (conf.version, sys.version, newest)
         irc.reply(s)
     version = wrap(thread(version))
 
diff --git a/scripts/supybot b/scripts/supybot
index 4b2bfe93c..0aa2a6bc9 100644
--- a/scripts/supybot
+++ b/scripts/supybot
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ def main():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage='Usage: %prog [options] configFile',
-                                   version='Supybot %s' % version)
+                                   version='Supybot %s running on Python%s' %
+                                   (version, sys.version))
     parser.add_option('-P', '--profile', action='store_true', dest='profile',
                       help='enables profiling')
     parser.add_option('-n', '--nick', action='store',