diff --git a/tools/release.sh b/tools/release.sh
index 3d156b4be..4e276e687 100755
--- a/tools/release.sh
+++ b/tools/release.sh
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ then
 	hdemu_root_changes
 fi
 
-echo $version_pretty >$RELEASEDIR/etc/version
+echo $version_pretty, SVN revision $SVNREV, generated `date` >$RELEASEDIR/etc/version
 echo " * Counting files"
 extrakb=`du -s $RELEASEDIR/usr/install | awk '{ print $1 }'`
 expr `df $TMPDISK | tail -1 | awk '{ print $4 }'` - $extrakb >$RELEASEDIR/.usrkb