diff --git a/internal/app/app_test.go b/internal/app/app_test.go
index cfe5935b..87c932aa 100644
--- a/internal/app/app_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/app_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"unicode"
 
 	"gitea.dev/tea/internal/clierr"
+	"gitea.dev/tea/internal/version"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ func TestCommandLineEdgeCases(t *testing.T) {
 	err = Execute(context.Background(), deps, []string{"config", "list", "--jq", ".[", "--remote", "-h"})
 	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "invalid --jq expression")
 	require.NoError(t, Execute(context.Background(), deps, []string{"--version"}))
-	require.NotContains(t, out.String(), "tea version")
+	require.Equal(t, version.Format()+"\n", out.String())
 }
 
 func TestAliasesAfterGlobalFlagsAndNestedHelp(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/version/version.go b/internal/version/version.go
index 22cf1646..9dc4ff25 100644
--- a/internal/version/version.go
+++ b/internal/version/version.go
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 // Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
+// Package version reports the version of the tea build.
 package version
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
+	"runtime/debug"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // Version holds the current tea version.
@@ -18,16 +21,44 @@ var Version = "development"
 // Tags holds the build tags used
 var Tags = ""
 
-// Format returns a human-readable version string including
-// Go version and build tags when available.
+// release matches the versions of tagged releases, such as 1.0.0 or 1.1.0-rc1; builds between
+// releases carry a +commit suffix.
+var release = regexp.MustCompile(`^\d+\.\d+\.\d+(-[0-9A-Za-z.]+)?$`)
+
+// Format describes the build like gh version: the version and its date, the release notes of a
+// release, and the Go version and build tags:
+//
+//	tea version 1.0.0 (2026-10-01)
+//	https://gitea.com/gitea/tea/releases/tag/v1.0.0
+//	built with go1.27.2
 func Format() string {
-	s := fmt.Sprintf("Version: %s\tgolang: %s",
-		Version,
-		strings.ReplaceAll(runtime.Version(), "go", ""))
-
-	if len(Tags) != 0 {
-		s += fmt.Sprintf("\tbuilt with: %s", strings.ReplaceAll(Tags, " ", ", "))
-	}
-
-	return s
+	info, _ := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
+	return format(Version, Tags, runtime.Version(), info)
+}
+
+func format(version, tags, goVersion string, info *debug.BuildInfo) string {
+	date := ""
+	if info != nil {
+		// go install gitea.dev/tea@v1.0.0 stamps the module version instead of the ldflags.
+		if version == "development" && info.Main.Version != "" && info.Main.Version != "(devel)" {
+			version = strings.TrimPrefix(info.Main.Version, "v")
+		}
+		for _, setting := range info.Settings {
+			if setting.Key != "vcs.time" {
+				continue
+			}
+			if built, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, setting.Value); err == nil {
+				date = " (" + built.UTC().Format(time.DateOnly) + ")"
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	text := "tea version " + version + date + "\n"
+	if release.MatchString(version) {
+		text += "https://gitea.com/gitea/tea/releases/tag/v" + version + "\n"
+	}
+	text += "built with " + goVersion
+	if tags = strings.Join(strings.Fields(tags), ", "); tags != "" {
+		text += " (tags: " + tags + ")"
+	}
+	return text
 }
diff --git a/internal/version/version_test.go b/internal/version/version_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..afb0b0f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/version/version_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package version
+
+import (
+	"runtime/debug"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestFormatDescribesTheBuild(t *testing.T) {
+	stamped := &debug.BuildInfo{Settings: []debug.BuildSetting{{Key: "vcs.time", Value: "2026-10-01T09:30:00Z"}}}
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name, version, tags string
+		info                *debug.BuildInfo
+		want                string
+	}{
+		{"release", "1.0.0", "", stamped, "tea version 1.0.0 (2026-10-01)\nhttps://gitea.com/gitea/tea/releases/tag/v1.0.0\nbuilt with go1.27.2"},
+		{"release candidate with tags", "1.1.0-rc1", "sqlite netgo", nil, "tea version 1.1.0-rc1\nhttps://gitea.com/gitea/tea/releases/tag/v1.1.0-rc1\nbuilt with go1.27.2 (tags: sqlite, netgo)"},
+		{"between releases", "0.16.0+12-gabcdef", "", stamped, "tea version 0.16.0+12-gabcdef (2026-10-01)\nbuilt with go1.27.2"},
+		{"go install", "development", "", &debug.BuildInfo{Main: debug.Module{Version: "v1.0.1"}}, "tea version 1.0.1\nhttps://gitea.com/gitea/tea/releases/tag/v1.0.1\nbuilt with go1.27.2"},
+		{"local build", "development", "", &debug.BuildInfo{Main: debug.Module{Version: "(devel)"}}, "tea version development\nbuilt with go1.27.2"},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			require.Equal(t, tc.want, format(tc.version, tc.tags, "go1.27.2", tc.info))
+		})
+	}
+}