diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit-update.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit-update.yml
index 2c0e39f4..cfb58205 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit-update.yml
@@ -78,8 +78,10 @@ jobs:
         run: python -m pip install ${{ inputs.pre-commit-source || 'pre-commit' }}
 
       - name: Update pre-commit hooks
+        id: update
         run: |
-          pre-commit autoupdate --repo ${{ matrix.hook-repo }}
+          pre-commit autoupdate --repo ${{ matrix.hook-repo }} | tee update.log
+          echo "vers-bump-str=$(grep -ohE '([^ ]+ -> [^ ]+)' update.log | sed 's/->/to/')" >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
           pre-commit install-hooks
 
       - name: Run pre-commit
@@ -104,12 +106,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5.0.1
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.BRUTUS_PAT_TOKEN }}
-          title: "Bump pre-commit hook for ${{ steps.pr.outputs.hook-name }}"
+          title: "Bump ${{ steps.pr.outputs.hook-name }} from ${{ steps.update.outputs.vers-bump-str }}"
           branch: "${{ env.BRANCH_PREFIX }}/${{ steps.pr.outputs.hook-name }}"
-          commit-message: "Bumped pre-commit hook for ${{ steps.pr.outputs.hook-name }}"
+          commit-message: "Bump ${{ steps.pr.outputs.hook-name }} from ${{ steps.update.outputs.vers-bump-str }}"
           committer: "Brutus (robot) <brutus@beeware.org>"
           author: "Brutus (robot) <brutus@beeware.org>"
-          body: "Automatically bumped `pre-commit` hook for `${{ steps.pr.outputs.hook-name }}` and ran the update against the repo."
+          body: "Bumps `pre-commit` hook for `${{ steps.pr.outputs.hook-name }}` from ${{ steps.update.outputs.vers-bump-str }} and ran the update against the repo."
           labels: "dependencies"
 
       - name: Add changenote