diff --git a/base/version.jl b/base/version.jl
index ccb2f81035e65..6b548c0d29cde 100644
--- a/base/version.jl
+++ b/base/version.jl
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ begin
 const _jl_version_string = "Version $VERSION"
 const _jl_banner_plain =
 I"               _
-   _       _ _(_)_     |
-  (_)     | (_) (_)    |
-   _ _   _| |_  __ _   |  A fresh approach to technical computing
+   _       _ _(_)_     |  A fresh approach to technical computing
+  (_)     | (_) (_)    |  Documentation: http://docs.julialang.org
+   _ _   _| |_  __ _   |  Type "help()" to list help topics
   | | | | | | |/ _` |  |
   | | |_| | | | (_| |  |  $_jl_version_string
  _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_|  |  $_jl_commit_string
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ local d3 = "\033[32m" # third dot
 local d4 = "\033[35m" # fourth dot
 const _jl_banner_color =
 "\033[1m               $(d3)_
-   $(d1)_       $(jl)_$(tx) $(d2)_$(d3)(_)$(d4)_$(tx)     |
-  $(d1)(_)$(jl)     | $(d2)(_)$(tx) $(d4)(_)$(tx)    |
-   $(jl)_ _   _| |_  __ _$(tx)   |  A fresh approach to technical computing
+   $(d1)_       $(jl)_$(tx) $(d2)_$(d3)(_)$(d4)_$(tx)     |  A fresh approach to technical computing
+  $(d1)(_)$(jl)     | $(d2)(_)$(tx) $(d4)(_)$(tx)    |  Documentation: http://docs.julialang.org
+   $(jl)_ _   _| |_  __ _$(tx)   |  Type "help()" to list help topics
   $(jl)| | | | | | |/ _` |$(tx)  |
   $(jl)| | |_| | | | (_| |$(tx)  |  $_jl_version_string
  $(jl)_/ |\\__'_|_|_|\\__'_|$(tx)  |  $_jl_commit_string