diff --git a/data/templates/default.ms b/data/templates/default.ms
index 96af30fb6..bbabf0406 100644
--- a/data/templates/default.ms
+++ b/data/templates/default.ms
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+$if(pandoc-version)$
+.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc $pandoc-version$
+.\"
+$endif$
 .\" **** Custom macro definitions *********************************
 .\" * Super/subscript
 .\" (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2012-07/msg00046.html)