diff --git a/man/backupninja.1 b/man/backupninja.1
index cce4c3425da7515a021a5c56373e1de9a3467205..39987288db068c8008c0cbd0bc4b092776f6aa40 100644
--- a/man/backupninja.1
+++ b/man/backupninja.1
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ burn CD/DVDs or create ISOs.
 .B \-h, \-\-help           
 Show summary of options
 .TP
-.B \-v, \-\-version           
+.B \-V, \-\-version           
 Show backupninja version number
 .TP
 .B \-d, \-\-debug          
diff --git a/src/backupninja.in b/src/backupninja.in
index 8814df6d52a430bbb7cbbe8268a0be4b3ae42cf3..ef8fc2d51a8fff6e32d02f2bfe66ad46f00a4345 100755
--- a/src/backupninja.in
+++ b/src/backupninja.in
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ script is run hourly from cron.
 
 The following options are available:
 -h, --help           This usage message
--v, --version        Show backupninja version number
+-V, --version        Show backupninja version number
 -d, --debug          Run in debug mode, where all log messages are
                      output to the current shell.
 -f, --conffile FILE  Use FILE for the main configuration instead
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ version="@PACKAGE_VERSION@"
 while [ $# -ge 1 ]; do
    case $1 in
       -h|--help) usage;;
-      -v|--version) echo "backupninja $version";;
+      -V|--version) echo "backupninja $version";;
       -d|--debug) debug=1; export BACKUPNINJA_DEBUG=yes;;
       -t|--test) test=1;debug=1;;
       -n|--now) processnow=1;;