diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/runtime/RRuntime.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/runtime/RRuntime.java
index a1c5c0a19fb2ad08e6e77f39bb5e5444dedf544b..4bece013f16f44bdf07d45a4dc3771470090ca66 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/runtime/RRuntime.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/runtime/RRuntime.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class RRuntime {
     //@formatter:off
     // Parts of the welcome message originate from GNU R.
     public static final String WELCOME_MESSAGE =
-        "FastR version " + RVersionNumber.FULL + "\n" +
+        "R version " + RVersionNumber.FULL + " (FastR)\n" +
         "Copyright (c) 2013-17, Oracle and/or its affiliates\n" +
         "Copyright (c) 1995-2016, The R Core Team\n" +
         "Copyright (c) 2016 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing\n" +