diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index 8659b3d..7b58ab0 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -1090,6 +1090,7 @@ my @opt = (
     ["verbose",           "!",  "-{no}verbose          : print {no} verbose information"],
     ["quiet",             "!",  "-{no}quiet            : print {no} messages for unnecessary updates"],
     ["help",              "",   "-help                 : display this message and exit"],
+    ["version",           "",   "-version              : display version information and exit"],
     ["postscript",        "",   "-postscript           : script to run after updating ddclient, has new IP as param"],
     ["query",             "!",  "-{no}query            : print {no} ip addresses and exit"],
     ["fw-banlocal",       "!",  ""], ## deprecated
@@ -1099,7 +1100,8 @@ my @opt = (
     ["redirect",          "=i", "-redirect <max>       : enable and follow at most <max> HTTP 30x redirections"],
     "",
     nic_examples(),
-    "$program version $version, ",
+    # Note: These lines are copied below to the -version argument implementation
+    "$program version $version",
     "  originally written by Paul Burry, paul+ddclient\@burry.ca",
     "  project now maintained on https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient"
 );
@@ -1118,6 +1120,13 @@ sub main {
         exit 0;
     }
 
+    if (opt('version')) {
+        # Note: Manual copy from the @opt array above!
+        print "$program version $version\n";
+        print "  originally written by Paul Burry, paul+ddclient\@burry.ca\n";
+        print "  project now maintained on https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient\n";
+    }
+
     ## read config file because 'daemon' mode may be defined there.
     read_config($opt{'file'} // default('file'), \%config, \%globals);
     init_config();