diff --git a/comport.c b/comport.c
index 81283bd..7fc0716 100644
--- a/comport.c
+++ b/comport.c
@@ -2052,7 +2052,11 @@ void comport_setup(void)
     null_tv.tv_sec = 0; /* no wait */
     null_tv.tv_usec = 0;
 #endif /* NOT _WIN32 */
-    logpost(0, PD_DEBUG, "comport - Pd external for unix/windows\n"
-        "LGPL-2.1+ 1998-2022,  Winfried Ritsch and others (see LICENSE.txt)\n"
-        "Institute of Electronic Music - Graz");
+    logpost(0, PD_DEBUG, "comport - access the serial port from within Pd\n"
+#ifdef VERSION
+        "    version  : " VERSION "\n"
+#endif
+        "    license  : LGPL-2.1+\n"
+        "    copyright: 1998-2024,  Winfried Ritsch and others (see LICENSE.txt)\n"
+        "               Institute of Electronic Music - Graz");
 }