diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4547 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4547
index 619923055..edb1cf693 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4547
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4547
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Enhancement: Add support for `--json` option to `version` command
 
-Restic now supports outputting restic version and used go version and platform
-target via json when using the version command.
+Restic now supports outputting restic version and used go version, OS and
+architecture via JSON when using the version command.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4547
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4553
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_version.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_version.go
index 3c625abd5..73469750f 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_version.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_version.go
@@ -26,18 +26,20 @@ Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero if there was any er
 			type jsonVersion struct {
 				Version   string `json:"version"`
 				GoVersion string `json:"go_version"`
-				GoTarget  string `json:"go_target"`
+				GoOS      string `json:"go_os"`
+				GoArch    string `json:"go_arch"`
 			}
 
 			jsonS := jsonVersion{
 				Version:   version,
 				GoVersion: runtime.Version(),
-				GoTarget:  runtime.GOOS + "/" + runtime.GOARCH,
+				GoOS:      runtime.GOOS,
+				GoArch:    runtime.GOARCH,
 			}
 
 			err := json.NewEncoder(globalOptions.stdout).Encode(jsonS)
 			if err != nil {
-				Warnf("Encode failed: %v\n", err)
+				Warnf("JSON encode failed: %v\n", err)
 				return
 			}
 		} else {
diff --git a/doc/075_scripting.rst b/doc/075_scripting.rst
index 3be5cc4c9..f17e222cc 100644
--- a/doc/075_scripting.rst
+++ b/doc/075_scripting.rst
@@ -588,5 +588,7 @@ The version command returns a single JSON object.
 +----------------+--------------------+
 | ``go_version`` | Go compile version |
 +----------------+--------------------+
-| ``go_target``  | Go target platform |
+| ``go_os``      | Go OS              |
++----------------+--------------------+
+| ``go_arch``    | Go architecture    |
 +----------------+--------------------+