diff --git a/core/server/controllers/admin.js b/core/server/controllers/admin.js
index 80d727e489..534ea366ab 100644
--- a/core/server/controllers/admin.js
+++ b/core/server/controllers/admin.js
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ adminControllers = {
 
         updateCheck().then(function () {
             return updateCheck.showUpdateNotification();
-        }).then(function (updateAvailable) {
-            if (!updateAvailable) {
+        }).then(function (updateVersion) {
+            if (!updateVersion) {
                 return when.resolve();
             }
 
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ adminControllers = {
                 location: 'top',
                 dismissible: false,
                 status: 'persistent',
-                message: 'A new version of Ghost is available! Hot Damn. <a href="https://ghost.org/download">Upgrade now</a>'
+                message: '<a href="https://ghost.org/download">Ghost ' + updateVersion +
+                '</a> is available! Hot Damn. Please <a href="http://support.ghost.org/how-to-upgrade/">upgrade</a> now'
             };
 
-            return api.notifications.browse().then(function (results) {
+            return api.notifications.browse({context: {internal: true}}).then(function (results) {
                 if (!_.some(results.notifications, { message: notification.message })) {
                     return api.notifications.add({ notifications: [notification] }, {context: {internal: true}});
                 }
diff --git a/core/server/update-check.js b/core/server/update-check.js
index 9cc6a29235..5b5038abfa 100644
--- a/core/server/update-check.js
+++ b/core/server/update-check.js
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ function showUpdateNotification() {
         }
 
         if (display && display.value && currentVersion && semver.gt(display.value, currentVersion)) {
-            return when(true);
+            return when(currentVersion);
         }
         return when(false);
     });