diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 52e8458715..d9f845354b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+4073.	[cleanup]	Add libjson-c version number reporting to
+			"named -V"; normalize version number formatting.
+			[RT #38056]
+
 4072.	[func]		Add a --enable-querytrace configure switch for
 			very verbose query tracelogging. [RT #37520]
 
diff --git a/bin/named/main.c b/bin/named/main.c
index 3b47537e36..fd6cdbe5f2 100644
--- a/bin/named/main.c
+++ b/bin/named/main.c
@@ -600,16 +600,16 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 			ns_g_username = isc_commandline_argument;
 			break;
 		case 'v':
-			printf("%s %s", ns_g_product, ns_g_version);
-			if (*ns_g_description != 0)
-				printf(" %s", ns_g_description);
-			printf("\n");
+			printf("%s %s%s%s <id:%s>\n",
+			       ns_g_product, ns_g_version,
+			       (*ns_g_description != '\0') ? " " : "",
+			       ns_g_description, ns_g_srcid);
 			exit(0);
 		case 'V':
-			printf("%s %s", ns_g_product, ns_g_version);
-			if (*ns_g_description != 0)
-				printf(" %s", ns_g_description);
-			printf(" <id:%s> built by %s with %s\n", ns_g_srcid,
+			printf("%s %s%s%s <id:%s>\n", ns_g_product, ns_g_version,
+			       (*ns_g_description != '\0') ? " " : "",
+			       ns_g_description, ns_g_srcid);
+			printf("built by %s with %s\n",
 			       ns_g_builder, ns_g_configargs);
 #ifdef __clang__
 			printf("compiled by CLANG %s\n", __VERSION__);
@@ -907,8 +907,10 @@ setup(void) {
 				   isc_result_totext(result));
 
 	isc_log_write(ns_g_lctx, NS_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL, NS_LOGMODULE_MAIN,
-		      ISC_LOG_NOTICE, "starting %s %s%s", ns_g_product,
-		      ns_g_version, saved_command_line);
+		      ISC_LOG_NOTICE, "starting %s %s%s%s <id:%s>%s",
+		      ns_g_product, ns_g_version,
+		      *ns_g_description ? " " : "", ns_g_description,
+		      ns_g_srcid, saved_command_line);
 
 	isc_log_write(ns_g_lctx, NS_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL, NS_LOGMODULE_MAIN,
 		      ISC_LOG_NOTICE, "built with %s", ns_g_configargs);
diff --git a/bin/named/server.c b/bin/named/server.c
index 84b4067bf4..198e65aacb 100644
--- a/bin/named/server.c
+++ b/bin/named/server.c
@@ -7632,7 +7632,7 @@ ns_server_status(ns_server_t *server, isc_buffer_t *text) {
 
 	n = snprintf((char *)isc_buffer_used(text),
 		     isc_buffer_availablelength(text),
-		     "version: %s%s%s%s <id:%s>\n"
+		     "version: %s %s%s%s <id:%s>%s%s%s\n"
 #ifdef ISC_PLATFORM_USETHREADS
 		     "CPUs found: %u\n"
 		     "worker threads: %u\n"
@@ -7647,7 +7647,9 @@ ns_server_status(ns_server_t *server, isc_buffer_t *text) {
 		     "recursive clients: %d/%d/%d\n"
 		     "tcp clients: %d/%d\n"
 		     "server is up and running",
-		     ns_g_version, ob, alt, cb, ns_g_srcid,
+		     ns_g_product, ns_g_version,
+		     (*ns_g_description != '\0') ? " " : "",
+		     ns_g_description, ns_g_srcid, ob, alt, cb,
 #ifdef ISC_PLATFORM_USETHREADS
 		     ns_g_cpus_detected, ns_g_cpus, ns_g_udpdisp,
 #endif