diff --git a/phpBB/includes/startup.php b/phpBB/includes/startup.php
index bdf0d28c2e..2f4b291213 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/startup.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/startup.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ error_reporting($level);
 */
 if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '7.3.0', '<'))
 {
-	die('You are running an unsupported PHP version. Please upgrade to PHP 7.3.0 or higher before trying to install or update to phpBB 4.0');
+	die('You are running an unsupported PHP version (' . PHP_VERSION . '). Please upgrade to PHP 7.3.0 or higher before trying to install or update to phpBB 4.0');
 }
 
 // In PHP 5.3.0 the error level has been raised to E_WARNING which causes problems
diff --git a/phpBB/install/app.php b/phpBB/install/app.php
index bf2c81bfcc..0cb2ead92a 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/app.php
+++ b/phpBB/install/app.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ $phpEx = substr(strrchr(__FILE__, '.'), 1);
 
 if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '7.1.3', '<'))
 {
-	die('You are running an unsupported PHP version. Please upgrade to PHP 7.1.3 or higher before trying to install or update to phpBB 3.3');
+	die('You are running an unsupported PHP version (' . PHP_VERSION . '). Please upgrade to PHP 7.1.3 or higher before trying to install or update to phpBB 3.3');
 }
 
 $startup_new_path = $phpbb_root_path . 'install/update/update/new/install/startup.' . $phpEx;