diff --git a/Documentation/git-version.adoc b/Documentation/git-version.adoc
index 80fa7754a6..913ebf147d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-version.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-version.adoc
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ OPTIONS
 --build-options::
 	Include additional information about how git was built for diagnostic
 	purposes.
++
+The libraries used to implement the SHA-1 and SHA-256 algorithms are displayed
+in the form `SHA-1: <option>` and `SHA-256: <option>`. Note that the SHA-1
+options `SHA1_APPLE`, `SHA1_OPENSSL`, and `SHA1_BLK` do not use a collision
+detection algorithm and thus may be vulnerable to known SHA-1 collision
+attacks.
 
 GIT
 ---
diff --git a/hash.h b/hash.h
index 4367acfec5..51cd0ec7b6 100644
--- a/hash.h
+++ b/hash.h
@@ -2,16 +2,20 @@
 #define HASH_H
 
 #if defined(SHA1_APPLE)
+#define SHA1_BACKEND "SHA1_APPLE (No collision detection)"
 #include <CommonCrypto/CommonDigest.h>
 #elif defined(SHA1_OPENSSL)
+#  define SHA1_BACKEND "SHA1_OPENSSL (No collision detection)"
 #  include <openssl/sha.h>
 #  if defined(OPENSSL_API_LEVEL) && OPENSSL_API_LEVEL >= 3
 #    define SHA1_NEEDS_CLONE_HELPER
 #    include "sha1/openssl.h"
 #  endif
 #elif defined(SHA1_DC)
+#define SHA1_BACKEND "SHA1_DC"
 #include "sha1dc_git.h"
 #else /* SHA1_BLK */
+#define SHA1_BACKEND "SHA1_BLK (No collision detection)"
 #include "block-sha1/sha1.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -46,17 +50,21 @@
 #endif
 
 #if defined(SHA256_NETTLE)
+#define SHA256_BACKEND "SHA256_NETTLE"
 #include "sha256/nettle.h"
 #elif defined(SHA256_GCRYPT)
+#define SHA256_BACKEND "SHA256_GCRYPT"
 #define SHA256_NEEDS_CLONE_HELPER
 #include "sha256/gcrypt.h"
 #elif defined(SHA256_OPENSSL)
+#  define SHA256_BACKEND "SHA256_OPENSSL"
 #  include <openssl/sha.h>
 #  if defined(OPENSSL_API_LEVEL) && OPENSSL_API_LEVEL >= 3
 #    define SHA256_NEEDS_CLONE_HELPER
 #    include "sha256/openssl.h"
 #  endif
 #else
+#define SHA256_BACKEND "SHA256_BLK"
 #include "sha256/block/sha256.h"
 #endif
 
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index c54bd9918a..991a9525db 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "levenshtein.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
+#include "hash.h"
 #include "help.h"
 #include "command-list.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
@@ -803,6 +804,8 @@ void get_version_info(struct strbuf *buf, int show_build_options)
 #elif defined ZLIB_VERSION
 		strbuf_addf(buf, "zlib: %s\n", ZLIB_VERSION);
 #endif
+		strbuf_addf(buf, "SHA-1: %s\n", SHA1_BACKEND);
+		strbuf_addf(buf, "SHA-256: %s\n", SHA256_BACKEND);
 	}
 }