diff --git a/src/common/shared/shared.c b/src/common/shared/shared.c
index d3c3ead4..62f06f1b 100644
--- a/src/common/shared/shared.c
+++ b/src/common/shared/shared.c
@@ -895,6 +895,7 @@ Swap_Init(void)
 		_LittleLong = LongNoSwap;
 		_BigFloat = FloatSwap;
 		_LittleFloat = FloatNoSwap;
+		Com_Printf("Byte ordering: little endian\n\n");
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -905,6 +906,7 @@ Swap_Init(void)
 		_LittleLong = LongSwap;
 		_BigFloat = FloatNoSwap;
 		_LittleFloat = FloatSwap;
+		Com_Printf("Byte ordering: big endian\n\n");
 	}
 
 	if (LittleShort(*(short *)swaptest) != 1)
diff --git a/src/unix/main.c b/src/unix/main.c
index 0d846d79..457f5a8f 100644
--- a/src/unix/main.c
+++ b/src/unix/main.c
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ main ( int argc, char **argv )
 	printf( "\nYamagi Quake II v%4.2f\n", VERSION);
 	printf( "=====================\n\n");
 
+    printf("Platform: %s\n", BUILDSTRING);
+	printf("Architecture: %s\n", CPUSTRING);
+
 	Qcommon_Init( argc, argv );
 
 	fcntl( 0, F_SETFL, fcntl( 0, F_GETFL, 0 ) | FNDELAY );