diff --git a/docs/content/install.sh b/docs/content/install.sh
index cb8fd5f39..2228b3e14 100755
--- a/docs/content/install.sh
+++ b/docs/content/install.sh
@@ -171,5 +171,9 @@ case $OS in
 esac
 
 
+#update version variable post install
+version=`rclone --version 2>>errors | head -n 1`
+
+printf "\n${version} has successfully installed."
 printf '\nNow run "rclone config" for setup. Check https://rclone.org/docs/ for more details.\n\n'
 exit 0