diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
index 85dae92018..5d7a9fc7fe 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
@@ -1326,7 +1326,8 @@ void GuiView::openDocument(string const & fname)
 		buf->errors("Parse");
 		str2 = bformat(_("Document %1$s opened."), disp_fn);
 		if (buf->lyxvc().inUse())
-			str2 += " " + _("Version control detected, enabling VCS support.");
+			str2 += " " + from_utf8(buf->lyxvc().versionString()) +
+				" " + _("Version control detected.");
 	} else {
 		str2 = bformat(_("Could not open document %1$s"), disp_fn);
 	}