diff --git a/docs/MetricsQL.md b/docs/MetricsQL.md
index c1f3a9872c..5ab78db093 100644
--- a/docs/MetricsQL.md
+++ b/docs/MetricsQL.md
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ This functionality can be tried at [an editable Grafana dashboard](http://play-g
    - `bottomk_min(k, q)` - returns bottom K time series with the min minimums on the given time range
    - `bottomk_max(k, q)` - returns bottom K time series with the min maximums on the given time range
    - `bottomk_avg(k, q)` - returns bottom K time series with the min averages on the given time range
-   - `bottomk_median(k, q)` - returns bottom K time series with the min medians on the given time range
+   - `bottomk_median(k, q)` - returns bottom K time series with the min medians on the given time range.
+
   All the `topk_*` and `bottomk_*` functions accept optional third argument - label name for the sum of the remaining time series outside top K or bottom K time series. For example, `topk_max(3, process_resident_memory_bytes, "remaining_sum")` would return up to 3 time series with the maximum value for `process_resident_memory_bytes` plus fourth time series with the sum of the remaining time series if any. The fourth time series will contain `remaining_sum="remaining_sum"` additional label.
 - `share_le_over_time(m[d], le)` - returns share (in the range 0..1) of values in `m` over `d`, which are smaller or equal to `le`. Useful for calculating SLI and SLO.
   Example: `share_le_over_time(memory_usage_bytes[24h], 100*1024*1024)` returns the share of time series values for the last 24 hours when memory usage was below or equal to 100MB.
diff --git a/lib/httpserver/metrics.go b/lib/httpserver/metrics.go
index aff8791e6f..5bfc3ef814 100644
--- a/lib/httpserver/metrics.go
+++ b/lib/httpserver/metrics.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -13,11 +14,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
 )
 
+var versionRe = regexp.MustCompile(`v\d+\.\d+\.\d+`)
+
 // WritePrometheusMetrics writes all the registered metrics to w in Prometheus exposition format.
 func WritePrometheusMetrics(w io.Writer) {
 	metrics.WritePrometheus(w, true)
 
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "vm_app_version{version=%q} 1\n", buildinfo.Version)
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "vm_app_version{version=%q, short_version=%q} 1\n", buildinfo.Version,
+		versionRe.FindString(buildinfo.Version))
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "vm_allowed_memory_bytes %d\n", memory.Allowed())
 
 	// Export start time and uptime in seconds