diff --git a/src/bin/stratisd-tools.rs b/src/bin/stratisd-tools.rs
index 281b5a6360..e057929a57 100644
--- a/src/bin/stratisd-tools.rs
+++ b/src/bin/stratisd-tools.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ use env_logger::Builder;
 
 use crate::tools::cmds;
 
+use stratisd::stratis::VERSION;
+
 fn basename(path: &str) -> Option<&Path> {
     Path::new(path).file_name().map(Path::new)
 }
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ fn main() {
         .unwrap_or(false)
     {
         let command = Command::new(executable_name)
+            .version(VERSION)
+            .about("Top-level command used to invoke one of a set of stratisd tools")
             .arg(
                 Arg::new("executable")
                     .required(true)
diff --git a/src/bin/tools/cmds.rs b/src/bin/tools/cmds.rs
index 792c539486..790fe9c6de 100644
--- a/src/bin/tools/cmds.rs
+++ b/src/bin/tools/cmds.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 
 use crate::tools::dump_metadata;
 
+use stratisd::stratis::VERSION;
+
 pub trait ToolCommand<'a> {
     fn name(&self) -> &'a str;
     fn run(&self, command_line_args: Vec<String>) -> Result<(), String>;
@@ -18,6 +20,8 @@ struct StratisDumpMetadata;
 impl StratisDumpMetadata {
     fn cmd() -> Command {
         Command::new("stratis-dumpmetadata")
+            .version(VERSION)
+            .about("Reads Stratis metadata from a Stratis device and displays it")
             .next_line_help(true)
             .arg(
                 Arg::new("dev")