diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index e600a066..28da746d 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ inputs:
   architecture:
     description: 'The target architecture (x86, x64) of the Python interpreter.'
     default: 'x64'
+outputs:
+  python-version:
+    description: "The installed python version. Useful when given a version range as input."
 runs:
   using: 'node12'
   main: 'dist/index.js'
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 2d0fb6e5..f24acc7f 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -3005,7 +3005,9 @@ function usePyPy(majorVersion, architecture) {
     core.exportVariable('pythonLocation', pythonLocation);
     core.addPath(installDir);
     core.addPath(_binDir);
-    return versionFromPath(installDir);
+    const impl = 'pypy' + majorVersion.toString();
+    core.setOutput('python-version', impl);
+    return { impl: impl, version: versionFromPath(installDir) };
 }
 function useCpythonVersion(version, architecture) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
@@ -3044,7 +3046,9 @@ function useCpythonVersion(version, architecture) {
             core.addPath(userScriptsDir);
         }
         // On Linux and macOS, pip will create the --user directory and add it to PATH as needed.
-        return versionFromPath(installDir);
+        const installed = versionFromPath(installDir);
+        core.setOutput('python-version', installed);
+        return { impl: 'CPython', version: installed };
     });
 }
 /** Convert versions like `3.8-dev` to a version like `>= 3.8.0-a0`. */
@@ -3059,9 +3063,9 @@ function desugarDevVersion(versionSpec) {
 }
 /** Extracts python version from install path from hosted tool cache as described in README.md */
 function versionFromPath(installDir) {
-    let parts = installDir.split(path.sep);
-    let idx = parts.findIndex(part => part === 'PyPy' || part === 'Python');
-    return parts.slice(idx, idx + 2).join(' ');
+    const parts = installDir.split(path.sep);
+    const idx = parts.findIndex(part => part === 'PyPy' || part === 'Python');
+    return parts[idx + 1] || '';
 }
 /**
  * Python's prelease versions look like `3.7.0b2`.
@@ -3714,8 +3718,8 @@ function run() {
             let version = core.getInput('python-version');
             if (version) {
                 const arch = core.getInput('architecture', { required: true });
-                let installed = yield finder.findPythonVersion(version, arch);
-                console.log(`Successfully setup ${installed}.`);
+                const installed = yield finder.findPythonVersion(version, arch);
+                console.log(`Successfully setup ${installed.impl} (${installed.version}).`);
             }
             const matchersPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', '.github');
             console.log(`##[add-matcher]${path.join(matchersPath, 'python.json')}`);
diff --git a/src/find-python.ts b/src/find-python.ts
index e5e5b203..151eafe5 100644
--- a/src/find-python.ts
+++ b/src/find-python.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function binDir(installDir: string): string {
 // A particular version of PyPy may contain one or more versions of the Python interpreter.
 // For example, PyPy 7.0 contains Python 2.7, 3.5, and 3.6-alpha.
 // We only care about the Python version, so we don't use the PyPy version for the tool cache.
-function usePyPy(majorVersion: 2 | 3, architecture: string): string {
+function usePyPy(majorVersion: 2 | 3, architecture: string): InstalledVersion {
   const findPyPy = tc.find.bind(undefined, 'PyPy', majorVersion.toString());
   let installDir: string | null = findPyPy(architecture);
 
@@ -78,13 +78,16 @@ function usePyPy(majorVersion: 2 | 3, architecture: string): string {
   core.addPath(installDir);
   core.addPath(_binDir);
 
-  return versionFromPath(installDir);
+  const impl = 'pypy' + majorVersion.toString();
+  core.setOutput('python-version', impl);
+
+  return {impl: impl, version: versionFromPath(installDir)};
 }
 
 async function useCpythonVersion(
   version: string,
   architecture: string
-): Promise<string> {
+): Promise<InstalledVersion> {
   const desugaredVersionSpec = desugarDevVersion(version);
   const semanticVersionSpec = pythonVersionToSemantic(desugaredVersionSpec);
   core.debug(`Semantic version spec of ${version} is ${semanticVersionSpec}`);
@@ -138,7 +141,10 @@ async function useCpythonVersion(
   }
   // On Linux and macOS, pip will create the --user directory and add it to PATH as needed.
 
-  return versionFromPath(installDir);
+  const installed = versionFromPath(installDir);
+  core.setOutput('python-version', installed);
+
+  return {impl: 'CPython', version: installed};
 }
 
 /** Convert versions like `3.8-dev` to a version like `>= 3.8.0-a0`. */
@@ -153,10 +159,15 @@ function desugarDevVersion(versionSpec: string) {
 
 /** Extracts python version from install path from hosted tool cache as described in README.md */
 function versionFromPath(installDir: string) {
-  let parts = installDir.split(path.sep);
-  let idx = parts.findIndex(part => part === 'PyPy' || part === 'Python');
+  const parts = installDir.split(path.sep);
+  const idx = parts.findIndex(part => part === 'PyPy' || part === 'Python');
 
-  return parts.slice(idx, idx + 2).join(' ');
+  return parts[idx + 1] || '';
+}
+
+interface InstalledVersion {
+  impl: string;
+  version: string;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -172,7 +183,7 @@ export function pythonVersionToSemantic(versionSpec: string) {
 export async function findPythonVersion(
   version: string,
   architecture: string
-): Promise<string> {
+): Promise<InstalledVersion> {
   switch (version.toUpperCase()) {
     case 'PYPY2':
       return usePyPy(2, architecture);
diff --git a/src/setup-python.ts b/src/setup-python.ts
index 81086939..0bab9af4 100644
--- a/src/setup-python.ts
+++ b/src/setup-python.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ async function run() {
     let version = core.getInput('python-version');
     if (version) {
       const arch: string = core.getInput('architecture', {required: true});
-      let installed = await finder.findPythonVersion(version, arch);
-      console.log(`Successfully setup ${installed}.`);
+      const installed = await finder.findPythonVersion(version, arch);
+      console.log(
+        `Successfully setup ${installed.impl} (${installed.version}).`
+      );
     }
     const matchersPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', '.github');
     console.log(`##[add-matcher]${path.join(matchersPath, 'python.json')}`);