diff --git a/awesome.1.txt b/awesome.1.txt
index 5d4e658b..6685713e 100644
--- a/awesome.1.txt
+++ b/awesome.1.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ awesome - awesome window manager
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 
-awesome [-v] [-c configuration file]
+awesome [-v | --version] [-c configuration file]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ awesome can draw a small border around windows to indicate the focus state.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
--v::
+-v | --version::
     prints version information to standard output, then exits.
 -c::
     use an alternate configuration file instead of $HOME/.awesomerc.
diff --git a/awesome.c b/awesome.c
index 4aa26dbb..20802845 100644
--- a/awesome.c
+++ b/awesome.c
@@ -292,9 +292,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     if(argc >= 2)
     {
-        if(!a_strcmp("-v", argv[1]))
+        if(!a_strcmp("-v", argv[1]) || !a_strcmp("--version", argv[1]))
         {
-            printf("awesome-" VERSION " (" RELEASE ") © 2007 Julien Danjou\n");
+            printf("awesome-" VERSION " (" RELEASE ")\n");
             return EXIT_SUCCESS;
         }
         else if(!a_strcmp("-c", argv[1]))