diff --git a/include/version.mk b/include/version.mk
index 4beaca6460..a21bf25c7f 100644
--- a/include/version.mk
+++ b/include/version.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ RELEASE:=Reboot
 PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS += \
 	CONFIG_VERSION_BUG_URL \
 	CONFIG_VERSION_NUMBER \
+	CONFIG_VERSION_CODE \
 	CONFIG_VERSION_NICK \
 	CONFIG_VERSION_REPO \
 	CONFIG_VERSION_DIST \
@@ -30,10 +31,10 @@ qstrip_escape=$(subst ','\'',$(call qstrip,$(1)))
 sanitize = $(call tolower,$(subst _,-,$(subst $(space),-,$(1))))
 
 VERSION_NUMBER:=$(call qstrip_escape,$(CONFIG_VERSION_NUMBER))
-VERSION_NUMBER:=$(if $(VERSION_NUMBER),$(VERSION_NUMBER),$(REVISION))
+VERSION_NUMBER:=$(if $(VERSION_NUMBER),$(VERSION_NUMBER),CURRENT)
 
-VERSION_CODE:=$(call qstrip_escape,$(CONFIG_VERSION_NUMBER))
-VERSION_CODE:=$(if $(VERSION_CODE),$(VERSION_CODE),HEAD)
+VERSION_CODE:=$(call qstrip_escape,$(CONFIG_VERSION_CODE))
+VERSION_CODE:=$(if $(VERSION_CODE),$(VERSION_CODE),$(REVISION))
 
 VERSION_NICK:=$(call qstrip_escape,$(CONFIG_VERSION_NICK))
 VERSION_NICK:=$(if $(VERSION_NICK),$(VERSION_NICK),$(RELEASE))
@@ -49,13 +50,13 @@ VERSION_MANUFACTURER:=$(call qstrip_escape,$(CONFIG_VERSION_MANUFACTURER))
 VERSION_MANUFACTURER:=$(if $(VERSION_MANUFACTURER),$(VERSION_MANUFACTURER),LEDE)
 
 VERSION_MANUFACTURER_URL:=$(call qstrip_escape,$(CONFIG_VERSION_MANUFACTURER_URL))
-VERSION_MANUFACTURER_URL:=$(if $(VERSION_MANUFACTURER_URL),$(VERSION_MANUFACTURER_URL),http://www.lede-project.org/)
+VERSION_MANUFACTURER_URL:=$(if $(VERSION_MANUFACTURER_URL),$(VERSION_MANUFACTURER_URL),http://lede-project.org/)
 
 VERSION_BUG_URL:=$(call qstrip_escape,$(CONFIG_VERSION_BUG_URL))
-VERSION_BUG_URL:=$(if $(VERSION_BUG_URL),$(VERSION_BUG_URL),https://www.lede-project.org/development.html)
+VERSION_BUG_URL:=$(if $(VERSION_BUG_URL),$(VERSION_BUG_URL),http://bugs.lede-project.org/)
 
 VERSION_SUPPORT_URL:=$(call qstrip_escape,$(CONFIG_VERSION_SUPPORT_URL))
-VERSION_SUPPORT_URL:=$(if $(VERSION_SUPPORT_URL),$(VERSION_SUPPORT_URL),http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev)
+VERSION_SUPPORT_URL:=$(if $(VERSION_SUPPORT_URL),$(VERSION_SUPPORT_URL),http://forum.lede-project.org/)
 
 VERSION_PRODUCT:=$(call qstrip_escape,$(CONFIG_VERSION_PRODUCT))
 VERSION_PRODUCT:=$(if $(VERSION_PRODUCT),$(VERSION_PRODUCT),Generic)
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/banner b/package/base-files/files/etc/banner
index 66dc14be06..4ec646a933 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/banner
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/banner
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
  /________/  LE  \  |____|___|___/|___|                      lede-project.org
  \        \   DE /
   \    LE  \    /  -----------------------------------------------------------
-   \  DE    \  /    %N (%C, %R)
+   \  DE    \  /    %N (%V, %C)
     \________\/    -----------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/openwrt_release b/package/base-files/files/etc/openwrt_release
index 9b2a40c820..46ad63209f 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/openwrt_release
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/openwrt_release
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 DISTRIB_ID='%D'
-DISTRIB_RELEASE='%C'
+DISTRIB_RELEASE='%V'
 DISTRIB_REVISION='%R'
 DISTRIB_CODENAME='%n'
 DISTRIB_TARGET='%S'
-DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION='%D %N %V'
+DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION='%D %N %V %C'
 DISTRIB_TAINTS='%t'
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/openwrt_version b/package/base-files/files/etc/openwrt_version
index 4b14f596fb..48157ed97f 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/openwrt_version
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/openwrt_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-%V
+%C
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/usr/lib/os-release b/package/base-files/files/usr/lib/os-release
index 6c829e0670..79b08d16cf 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/usr/lib/os-release
+++ b/package/base-files/files/usr/lib/os-release
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ LEDE_DEVICE_MANUFACTURER="%M"
 LEDE_DEVICE_MANUFACTURER_URL="%m"
 LEDE_DEVICE_PRODUCT="%P"
 LEDE_DEVICE_REVISION="%h"
-LEDE_RELEASE="%C"
+LEDE_RELEASE="%D %N %V %C"
diff --git a/package/base-files/image-config.in b/package/base-files/image-config.in
index 43d3859301..4610c2b995 100644
--- a/package/base-files/image-config.in
+++ b/package/base-files/image-config.in
@@ -175,8 +175,17 @@ if VERSIONOPT
 		prompt "Release version number"
 		help
 			This is the release version number embedded in the image.
-			If unspecified, it defaults to the svn or git-svn revision
-			of the build tree.
+			If unspecified, it defaults to CURRENT for the master branch
+			or to ##.##-CURRENT on release branches.
+
+	config VERSION_CODE
+		string
+		prompt "Release version code"
+		help
+			This is the release version code embedded in the image.
+			If unspecified, it defaults to a revision number describing the
+			repository version of the source, e.g. the number of commits
+			since a branch point or a short Git commit ID.
 
 	config VERSION_REPO
 		string
@@ -185,11 +194,11 @@ if VERSIONOPT
 		help
 			This is the repository address embedded in the image, it defaults
 			to the trunk snapshot repo; the url may contain the following placeholders:
-			 %R .. Revision number
-			 %V .. Release version or revision number, uppercase
-			 %v .. Release version or revision number, lowercase
-			 %C .. Release version or "HEAD", uppercase
-			 %c .. Release version or "head", lowercase
+			 %R .. Repository revision ID
+			 %V .. Configured release version number or "CURRENT", uppercase
+			 %v .. Configured release version number or "current", lowercase
+			 %C .. Configured release revision code or value of %R, uppercase
+			 %c .. Configured release revision code or value of %R, lowercase
 			 %N .. Release name, uppercase
 			 %n .. Release name, lowercase
 			 %D .. Distribution name or "Lede", uppercase