diff --git a/docs.toml b/docs.toml
index 2c182c3..d2d7db8 100644
--- a/docs.toml
+++ b/docs.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 author = "who made the manifest for the game"
 contributors = [] # optional list of strings.
 year = "when it was made"
+version = "" # optional version string
 license = "license for this manifest"
 
 
diff --git a/setage.py b/setage.py
index 5d8735d..a76583f 100755
--- a/setage.py
+++ b/setage.py
@@ -421,6 +421,9 @@ class SetageShell(Cmd):
         if "contributors" in cred:
             print(f"\tWith contributions by {", ".join(cred["contributors"])}")
 
+        if "version" in cred:
+            print(f"\tVersion: {cred["version"]}")
+
         if "license" in cred:
             print(f"\tLicense: {cred["license"]}")
         print("\nSETAGE credits:")