diff --git a/picard/__init__.py b/picard/__init__.py
index f487ba546..1371adf29 100644
--- a/picard/__init__.py
+++ b/picard/__init__.py
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ PICARD_VERSION_STR = version_to_string(PICARD_VERSION)
 PICARD_VERSION_STR_SHORT = version_to_string(PICARD_VERSION, short=True)
 if PICARD_BUILD_VERSION_STR:
     __version__ = "%s_%s" % (PICARD_VERSION_STR, PICARD_BUILD_VERSION_STR)
+    PICARD_FANCY_VERSION_STR = "%s (%s)" % (PICARD_VERSION_STR_SHORT,
+                                            PICARD_BUILD_VERSION_STR)
 else:
     __version__ = PICARD_VERSION_STR
+    PICARD_FANCY_VERSION_STR = PICARD_VERSION_STR_SHORT
 
 api_versions = ["0.15.0", "0.15.1", "0.16.0", "1.0.0", "1.1.0", "1.2.0", "1.3.0"]
diff --git a/picard/tagger.py b/picard/tagger.py
index 05e242d26..d4643e227 100644
--- a/picard/tagger.py
+++ b/picard/tagger.py
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ import picard.resources
 import picard.plugins
 from picard.i18n import setup_gettext
 
-from picard import (PICARD_APP_NAME, PICARD_ORG_NAME, __version__,
+from picard import (PICARD_APP_NAME, PICARD_ORG_NAME,
+                    PICARD_FANCY_VERSION_STR, __version__,
                     log, acoustid, config)
 from picard.album import Album, NatAlbum
 from picard.browser.browser import BrowserIntegration
@@ -614,7 +615,7 @@ Options:
 
 
 def version():
-    print """MusicBrainz Picard %s""" % (__version__)
+    print "%s %s %s" % (PICARD_ORG_NAME, PICARD_APP_NAME, PICARD_FANCY_VERSION_STR)
 
 
 def main(localedir=None, autoupdate=True):
diff --git a/picard/ui/options/about.py b/picard/ui/options/about.py
index d7bb3a8dd..af55fbe19 100644
--- a/picard/ui/options/about.py
+++ b/picard/ui/options/about.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 from mutagen import version_string as mutagen_version
 from PyQt4.QtCore import PYQT_VERSION_STR as pyqt_version
-from picard import (PICARD_VERSION_STR_SHORT, PICARD_BUILD_VERSION_STR)
+from picard import PICARD_FANCY_VERSION_STR
 from picard.const import PICARD_URLS
 from picard.formats import supported_formats
 from picard.ui.options import OptionsPage, register_options_page
@@ -41,13 +41,8 @@ class AboutOptionsPage(OptionsPage):
         self.ui.setupUi(self)
 
     def load(self):
-        if PICARD_BUILD_VERSION_STR:
-            version = "%s (%s)" % (PICARD_VERSION_STR_SHORT,
-                                   PICARD_BUILD_VERSION_STR)
-        else:
-            version = PICARD_VERSION_STR_SHORT
         args = {
-            "version": version,
+            "version": PICARD_FANCY_VERSION_STR,
             "mutagen-version": mutagen_version,
             "pyqt-version": pyqt_version,
             "discid-version": discid_version or _("is not installed"),