diff --git a/gui/dialogs/about.xml b/gui/dialogs/about.xml
index 72666c092..406385f51 100644
--- a/gui/dialogs/about.xml
+++ b/gui/dialogs/about.xml
@@ -27,16 +27,20 @@
     <layout>hbox</layout>
     <default-padding>1</default-padding>
 
-    <empty><stretch>true</stretch></empty>
+    <empty>
+      <stretch>true</stretch>
+    </empty>
 
     <text>
       <label>About FlightGear</label>
     </text>
 
-    <empty><stretch>true</stretch></empty>
+    <empty>
+      <stretch>true</stretch>
+    </empty>
 
     <button>
-      <legend></legend>
+      <legend/>
       <key>Esc</key>
       <pref-width>16</pref-width>
       <pref-height>16</pref-height>
@@ -48,50 +52,100 @@
   </group>
 
   <hrule/>
+
+  <group>
+    <layout>vbox</layout>
+    <halign>left</halign>
     <text>
-      <label>FlightGear Flight Simulator</label>
-    </text>
-    <text>
-      <label>MMMMMMMMMMMMM</label>
-      <format>Version: %s</format>
+      <halign>left</halign>
+      <label>MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM</label>
+      <format>This is FlightGear Flight Simulator V%s</format>
       <property>/sim/version/flightgear</property>
     </text>
+
     <text>
-      <label>(c) 1996-2011, the FlightGear contributors</label>
+      <halign>left</halign>
+      <label>FlightGear is free and open source software, licensed</label>
     </text>
+    
     <text>
-      <label>http://www.flightgear.org/</label>
+      <halign>left</halign>
+      <label>under the GNU General Public License Version 2.</label>
     </text>
+    
     <text>
-      <label>License: GNU General Public License Version 2</label>
+      <halign>left</halign>
+      <label>Get new versions, add-ons, forum, wiki and more</label>
     </text>
-  
+    
     <text>
+      <halign>left</halign>
+      <label>from the web-site at http://www.flightgear.org/ for free.</label>
+    </text>
+    
+    <text>
+      <halign>left</halign>
+      <label>Have a nice flight!</label>
+    </text>
+    
+    <empty>
+      <stretch>true</stretch>
+    </empty>
+    
+    <text>
+      <halign>left</halign>
+      <label>Version information</label>
+    </text>
+    
+    <text>
+      <halign>left</halign>
+      <label>MMMMMMMMMM</label>
+      <format>SimGear Version: %s</format>
+      <property>/sim/version/flightgear</property>
+    </text>
+    
+    <text>
+      <halign>left</halign>
       <label>MMMMMMMMMM</label>
       <format>SimGear Version: %s</format>
       <property>/sim/version/simgear</property>
     </text>
+
     <text>
+      <halign>left</halign>
       <label>MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM</label>
       <format>OpenSceneGraph Version: %s</format>
       <property>/sim/version/openscenegraph</property>
     </text>
-    
+
     <text>
+      <halign>left</halign>
       <label>MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM</label>
       <format>Build Id: %s</format>
       <property>/sim/version/build-id</property>
     </text>
+    
     <text>
+      <halign>left</halign>
       <label>MMMMMM</label>
       <format>Build Number: %d</format>
       <property>/sim/version/build-number</property>
     </text>
+    
     <text>
+      <halign>left</halign>
       <label>MMMMMM</label>
       <format>Revision: %s</format>
       <property>/sim/version/revision</property>
     </text>
+    
+    <hrule/>
+    
+    <text>
+      <label>(c) 1996-2011, the FlightGear contributors</label>
+    </text>
+    
+  </group>
 
   <nasal>
     <open><![CDATA[
@@ -102,4 +156,3 @@
 
   </nasal>
 </PropertyList>
-