diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/shim/src/bin/main.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/shim/src/bin/main.rs
index 3583f9f8ac..da2a6f12f9 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/shim/src/bin/main.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/shim/src/bin/main.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ fn show_help(cmd: &OsStr) {
 
 fn show_version(err: Option<anyhow::Error>) {
     let data = format!(
-        r#"{} containerd shim: id: {}, version: {}, commit: {}"#,
+        r#"{} containerd shim (Rust): id: {}, version: {}, commit: {}"#,
         config::PROJECT_NAME,
         config::CONTAINERD_RUNTIME_NAME,
         config::RUNTIME_VERSION,
diff --git a/src/runtime/cmd/containerd-shim-kata-v2/main.go b/src/runtime/cmd/containerd-shim-kata-v2/main.go
index 412dec6ec3..b9a6890bfa 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cmd/containerd-shim-kata-v2/main.go
+++ b/src/runtime/cmd/containerd-shim-kata-v2/main.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func shimConfig(config *shimapi.Config) {
 func main() {
 
 	if len(os.Args) == 2 && os.Args[1] == "--version" {
-		fmt.Printf("%s containerd shim: id: %q, version: %s, commit: %v\n", katautils.PROJECT, types.DefaultKataRuntimeName, katautils.VERSION, katautils.COMMIT)
+		fmt.Printf("%s containerd shim (Golang): id: %q, version: %s, commit: %v\n", katautils.PROJECT, types.DefaultKataRuntimeName, katautils.VERSION, katautils.COMMIT)
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}