diff --git a/synapse/app/homeserver.py b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
index 3368ec675..bf01483b8 100755
--- a/synapse/app/homeserver.py
+++ b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ def get_version_string():
         )
 
         return (
-            "Synapse/v=%s,%s" % (
+            "Synapse/%s/(%s)" % (
                 synapse.__version__, git_version,
             )
         ).encode("ascii")