diff --git a/src/vty/stats_vty.c b/src/vty/stats_vty.c
index 59befd2db..2ca436a7f 100644
--- a/src/vty/stats_vty.c
+++ b/src/vty/stats_vty.c
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 
 #define SHOW_STATS_STR "Show statistical values\n"
 
+/* containing version info */
+extern struct host host;
+
 struct cmd_node cfg_stats_node = {
 	CFG_STATS_NODE,
 	"%s(config-stats)# ",
@@ -484,6 +487,13 @@ DEFUN(show_stats_asciidoc_table,
       "show asciidoc counters",
       SHOW_STR "Asciidoc generation\n" "Generate table of all registered counters\n")
 {
+	vty_out(vty, "// autogenerated by show asciidoc counters%s", VTY_NEWLINE);
+	vty_out(vty, "These counters and their description based on %s %s (%s).%s%s",
+		host.app_info->name,
+		host.app_info->version,
+		host.app_info->name ? host.app_info->name : "", VTY_NEWLINE, VTY_NEWLINE);
+	/* 2x VTY_NEWLINE are intentional otherwise it would interpret the first table header
+	 * as usual text*/
 	vty_out(vty, "// generating tables for rate_ctr_group%s", VTY_NEWLINE);
 	rate_ctr_for_each_group(asciidoc_rate_ctr_group_handler, vty);