diff --git a/docs/_templates/footer.html b/docs/_templates/footer.html
index 4c15e17d2a..977053b541 100644
--- a/docs/_templates/footer.html
+++ b/docs/_templates/footer.html
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 <!-- Empty para to force a blank line after "Built with Sphinx ..." -->
 <p></p>
 
+<p>This documentation is for QEMU version {{ version }}.</p>
+
 {% trans path=pathto('about/license') %}
 <p><a href="{{ path }}">QEMU and this manual are released under the
 GNU General Public License, version 2.</a></p>