diff -Naur pidgin-2.5.8/libpurple/protocols/irc/parse.c pidgin-2.5.8-mlz/libpurple/protocols/irc/parse.c
--- pidgin-2.5.8/libpurple/protocols/irc/parse.c	2009-06-28 04:05:19.000000000 +0200
+++ pidgin-2.5.8-mlz/libpurple/protocols/irc/parse.c	2009-07-09 23:09:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
 			g_free(buf);
 		}
 	} else if (!strncmp(cur, "VERSION", 7) && !notice) {
-		buf = irc_format(irc, "vt:", "NOTICE", from, "\001VERSION Purple IRC\001");
+		buf = irc_format(irc, "vt:", "NOTICE", from, "\001VERSION Purple IRC - you actually need to manually change the source to change the VERSION reply\001");
 		irc_send(irc, buf);
 		g_free(buf);
 	} else if (!strncmp(cur, "DCC SEND ", 9)) {