diff --git a/common/version.c b/common/version.c
index e173abb03..928cff32f 100644
--- a/common/version.c
+++ b/common/version.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ eprint_version(const char *const executable)
 {
     printf("%s (awesome) " AWESOME_VERSION
 	   " (" AWESOME_RELEASE ")\n"
-	   "built",
+	   " • Build:",
 	   executable);
 #if defined(__DATE__) && defined(__TIME__)
     printf(" " __DATE__ " " __TIME__);
@@ -51,17 +51,17 @@ eprint_version(const char *const executable)
 	   __GNUC__, __GNUC_MINOR__, __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__);
 #endif
     printf(" (%s@%s)\n", AWESOME_COMPILE_BY, AWESOME_COMPILE_HOSTNAME);
-    printf("* Image drawing engine: ");
+    printf(" • Image drawing engine: ");
 #ifdef WITH_IMLIB2
     printf("Imlib2\n");
 #else
     printf("GdkPixBuf " GDK_PIXBUF_VERSION "\n");
 #endif
-    printf("* DBus support: ");
+    printf(" • DBus support: ");
 #ifdef WITH_DBUS
-    printf("enabled\n");
+    printf("✔\n");
 #else
-    printf("disabled\n");
+    printf("✘\n");
 #endif
     exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }