--- a/pidgin/gtkconv.c	Tue Mar 10 17:02:05 2009 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkconv.c	Wed Mar 11 04:38:12 2009 +0000
@@ -329,7 +329,8 @@
 	PurpleCmdStatus status;
 
 	if (!g_ascii_strcasecmp(args[0], "version")) {
-		tmp = g_strdup_printf("me is using %s v%s.", "Pidgin", DISPLAY_VERSION);
+		tmp = g_strdup_printf("me is using Pidgin v%s with libpurple v%s.",
+				DISPLAY_VERSION, purple_core_get_version());
 		markup = g_markup_escape_text(tmp, -1);
 
 		status = purple_cmd_do_command(conv, tmp, markup, error);