diff --git a/sessionctx/variable/sysvar.go b/sessionctx/variable/sysvar.go
index 0492be84acee9..9707cfc4e2db3 100644
--- a/sessionctx/variable/sysvar.go
+++ b/sessionctx/variable/sysvar.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ var defaultSysVars = []*SysVar{
 	{Scope: ScopeNone, Name: Hostname, Value: DefHostname},
 	{Scope: ScopeNone, Name: Port, Value: "4000", Type: TypeUnsigned, MinValue: 0, MaxValue: math.MaxUint16},
 	{Scope: ScopeNone, Name: LogBin, Value: Off, Type: TypeBool},
-	{Scope: ScopeNone, Name: VersionComment, Value: "TiDB Server (Apache License 2.0) " + versioninfo.TiDBEdition + " Edition, MySQL 5.7 compatible"},
+	{Scope: ScopeNone, Name: VersionComment, Value: "TiDB Server (Apache License 2.0) " + versioninfo.TiDBEdition + " Edition, MySQL 8.0 compatible"},
 	{Scope: ScopeNone, Name: Version, Value: mysql.ServerVersion},
 	{Scope: ScopeNone, Name: DataDir, Value: "/usr/local/mysql/data/"},
 	{Scope: ScopeNone, Name: Socket, Value: ""},
diff --git a/tidb-server/main.go b/tidb-server/main.go
index c1f1109c35499..bae7b45b93271 100644
--- a/tidb-server/main.go
+++ b/tidb-server/main.go
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ func setGlobalVars() {
 
 	if len(cfg.TiDBEdition) > 0 {
 		versioninfo.TiDBEdition = cfg.TiDBEdition
-		variable.SetSysVar(variable.VersionComment, "TiDB Server (Apache License 2.0) "+versioninfo.TiDBEdition+" Edition, MySQL 5.7 compatible")
+		variable.SetSysVar(variable.VersionComment, "TiDB Server (Apache License 2.0) "+versioninfo.TiDBEdition+" Edition, MySQL 8.0 compatible")
 	}
 	if len(cfg.VersionComment) > 0 {
 		variable.SetSysVar(variable.VersionComment, cfg.VersionComment)