diff --git a/diesel/hub.py b/diesel/hub.py
index 3d34d66..962bad0 100644
--- a/diesel/hub.py
+++ b/diesel/hub.py
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ def __init__(self):
 
     @property
     def describe(self):
-        return "libev/pyev (%s/%s) backend=%s" % (
+        return "pyev/libev (%s/%s) backend=%s" % (
                 self._pyev_version() + ({
                     1  : "select()",
                     2  : "poll()",
@@ -318,7 +318,9 @@ def _pyev_version(self):
         if hasattr(pyev, 'version'):
             return pyev.version()
         else:
-            return pyev.abi_version()
+            pyev_ver = pyev.__version__
+            libev_ver = ".".join(str(p) for p in pyev.abi_version())
+            return (pyev_ver, libev_ver)
 
     def handle_events(self):
         '''Run one pass of event handling.