diff --git a/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go b/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go
index 820e9d082a..fee8024a9d 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ func TestConsoleWelcome(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Gather all the infos the welcome message needs to contain
 	geth.setTemplateFunc("goos", func() string { return runtime.GOOS })
+	geth.setTemplateFunc("goarch", func() string { return runtime.GOARCH })
 	geth.setTemplateFunc("gover", runtime.Version)
 	geth.setTemplateFunc("gethver", func() string { return params.Version })
 	geth.setTemplateFunc("niltime", func() string { return time.Unix(0, 0).Format(time.RFC1123) })
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ func TestConsoleWelcome(t *testing.T) {
 	geth.expect(`
 Welcome to the Geth JavaScript console!
 
-instance: Geth/v{{gethver}}/{{goos}}/{{gover}}
+instance: Geth/v{{gethver}}/{{goos}}-{{goarch}}/{{gover}}
 coinbase: {{.Etherbase}}
 at block: 0 ({{niltime}})
  datadir: {{.Datadir}}
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ func testAttachWelcome(t *testing.T, geth *testgeth, endpoint string) {
 
 	// Gather all the infos the welcome message needs to contain
 	attach.setTemplateFunc("goos", func() string { return runtime.GOOS })
+	attach.setTemplateFunc("goarch", func() string { return runtime.GOARCH })
 	attach.setTemplateFunc("gover", runtime.Version)
 	attach.setTemplateFunc("gethver", func() string { return params.Version })
 	attach.setTemplateFunc("etherbase", func() string { return geth.Etherbase })
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ func testAttachWelcome(t *testing.T, geth *testgeth, endpoint string) {
 	attach.expect(`
 Welcome to the Geth JavaScript console!
 
-instance: Geth/v{{gethver}}/{{goos}}/{{gover}}
+instance: Geth/v{{gethver}}/{{goos}}-{{goarch}}/{{gover}}
 coinbase: {{etherbase}}
 at block: 0 ({{niltime}}){{if ipc}}
  datadir: {{datadir}}{{end}}
diff --git a/cmd/geth/misccmd.go b/cmd/geth/misccmd.go
index 079f49310c..cb7dc16732 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/misccmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/misccmd.go
@@ -101,10 +101,11 @@ func version(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	if gitCommit != "" {
 		fmt.Println("Git Commit:", gitCommit)
 	}
+	fmt.Println("Architecture:", runtime.GOARCH)
 	fmt.Println("Protocol Versions:", eth.ProtocolVersions)
 	fmt.Println("Network Id:", ctx.GlobalInt(utils.NetworkIdFlag.Name))
 	fmt.Println("Go Version:", runtime.Version())
-	fmt.Println("OS:", runtime.GOOS)
+	fmt.Println("Operating System:", runtime.GOOS)
 	fmt.Printf("GOPATH=%s\n", os.Getenv("GOPATH"))
 	fmt.Printf("GOROOT=%s\n", runtime.GOROOT())
 	return nil
diff --git a/node/config.go b/node/config.go
index 608c9a6b42..b060b05f2c 100644
--- a/node/config.go
+++ b/node/config.go
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ func (c *Config) NodeName() string {
 	if c.Version != "" {
 		name += "/v" + c.Version
 	}
-	name += "/" + runtime.GOOS
+	name += "/" + runtime.GOOS + "-" + runtime.GOARCH
 	name += "/" + runtime.Version()
 	return name
 }
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index c7e28af377..afb676b7f2 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func (n *Node) Start() error {
 		MaxPendingPeers:  n.config.MaxPendingPeers,
 	}
 	running := &p2p.Server{Config: n.serverConfig}
-	log.Info(fmt.Sprint("instance:", n.serverConfig.Name))
+	log.Info("Starting peer-to-peer node", "instance", n.serverConfig.Name)
 
 	// Otherwise copy and specialize the P2P configuration
 	services := make(map[reflect.Type]Service)