diff --git a/admin/cli/upgrade.php b/admin/cli/upgrade.php
index 6c10b9a7442..5915e24ea03 100644
--- a/admin/cli/upgrade.php
+++ b/admin/cli/upgrade.php
@@ -131,10 +131,11 @@ if (!core_plugin_manager::instance()->all_plugins_ok($version, $failed)) {
     cli_error(get_string('pluginschecktodo', 'admin'));
 }
 
+$a = new stdClass();
+$a->oldversion = $oldversion;
+$a->newversion = $newversion;
+
 if ($interactive) {
-    $a = new stdClass();
-    $a->oldversion = $oldversion;
-    $a->newversion = $newversion;
     echo cli_heading(get_string('databasechecking', '', $a)) . PHP_EOL;
 }
 
@@ -193,5 +194,5 @@ admin_apply_default_settings(NULL, false);
 // to immediately start browsing the site.
 upgrade_themes();
 
-echo get_string('cliupgradefinished', 'admin')."\n";
+echo get_string('cliupgradefinished', 'admin', $a)."\n";
 exit(0); // 0 means success
diff --git a/lang/en/admin.php b/lang/en/admin.php
index a2344f010ca..207dbc297e7 100644
--- a/lang/en/admin.php
+++ b/lang/en/admin.php
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ $string['clitypevaluedefault'] = 'type value, press Enter to use default value (
 $string['cliunknowoption'] = 'Unrecognised options:
   {$a}
 Please use --help option.';
-$string['cliupgradefinished'] = 'Command line upgrade completed successfully.';
+$string['cliupgradefinished'] = 'Command line upgrade from {$a->oldversion} to {$a->newversion} completed successfully.';
 $string['cliupgradenoneed'] = 'No upgrade needed for the installed version {$a}. Thanks for coming anyway!';
 $string['cliyesnoprompt'] = 'type y (means yes) or n (means no)';
 $string['commentsperpage'] = 'Comments displayed per page';