diff --git a/usr.bin/patch/util.c b/usr.bin/patch/util.c
index 3895b2c92cec..28a3cb0cf583 100644
--- a/usr.bin/patch/util.c
+++ b/usr.bin/patch/util.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ checked_in(char *file)
 void
 version(void)
 {
-	fprintf(stderr, "patch (BSD patch) 2.0-FreeBSD\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "patch 2.0-12u8 FreeBSD\n");
 	my_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }