diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting/Startup/StartupExceptionPage.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting/Startup/StartupExceptionPage.cs
index eb06f9388e..32fac13137 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting/Startup/StartupExceptionPage.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting/Startup/StartupExceptionPage.cs
@@ -247,26 +247,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting
             var currentAssemblyVersion = currentAssembly.GetCustomAttribute<AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute>().InformationalVersion;
             currentAssemblyVersion = HtmlEncodeAndReplaceLineBreaks(currentAssemblyVersion);
 
-            var osName = string.Empty;
-            var osVersion = string.Empty;
-            if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
-            {
-                osName = OSPlatform.Windows.ToString();
-                osVersion = Microsoft.Extensions.Internal.RuntimeEnvironment.OperatingSystemVersion;
-            }
-            else if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux))
-            {
-                osName = OSPlatform.Linux.ToString();
-            }
-            else if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.OSX))
-            {
-                osName = OSPlatform.OSX.ToString();
-            }
-            var os = HtmlEncodeAndReplaceLineBreaks(osName);
-            osVersion = HtmlEncodeAndReplaceLineBreaks(osVersion);
+            var osDescription = HtmlEncodeAndReplaceLineBreaks(RuntimeInformation.OSDescription);
 
             return string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, _errorFooterFormatString, runtimeDisplayName, runtimeArch, clrVersion,
-                currentAssemblyVersion, os, osVersion);
+                currentAssemblyVersion, osDescription);
         }
 
         private static string HtmlEncodeAndReplaceLineBreaks(string input)
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting/compiler/resources/GenericError_Footer.html b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting/compiler/resources/GenericError_Footer.html
index 7a90dbff40..fe54861d87 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting/compiler/resources/GenericError_Footer.html
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting/compiler/resources/GenericError_Footer.html
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <footer>
-    {0} {1} v{2}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting version {3}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{4} {5}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=517394">Need help?</a>
+    {0} {1} v{2}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting version {3}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{4}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=517394">Need help?</a>
 </footer>