diff --git a/app/views/admin/dashboard/index.html.haml b/app/views/admin/dashboard/index.html.haml
index 2a1d2c2aeab1846b980a9a3bafb5e2bf2659ed70..581f6ae07146884a23593d140a0d4a0dd98c361c 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/dashboard/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/dashboard/index.html.haml
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
               %span.float-right
                 #{Rails::VERSION::STRING}
             %p
-              = Gitlab::Database.adapter_name
+              = Gitlab::Database.human_adapter_name
               %span.float-right
                 = Gitlab::Database.version
             %p
diff --git a/config/initializers/console_message.rb b/config/initializers/console_message.rb
index 55d8e39dc9b70225ec5f84f5c9a0ecb4ffa36c1e..3a23cc6d4355358a896e65bb26ce68e357b4b24b 100644
--- a/config/initializers/console_message.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/console_message.rb
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@
   puts "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
   puts " GitLab:".ljust(justify) + "#{Gitlab::VERSION} (#{Gitlab.revision})"
   puts " GitLab Shell:".ljust(justify) + "#{Gitlab::VersionInfo.parse(Gitlab::Shell.new.version)}"
-  puts " #{Gitlab::Database.adapter_name}:".ljust(justify) + Gitlab::Database.version
+  puts " #{Gitlab::Database.human_adapter_name}:".ljust(justify) + Gitlab::Database.version
 
   # EE-specific start
   if Gitlab::Geo.enabled?
     puts " Geo enabled:".ljust(justify) + 'yes'
     puts " Geo server:".ljust(justify) + EE::GeoHelper.current_node_human_status
   end
-
   # EE specific end
 
   puts "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/database.rb b/lib/gitlab/database.rb
index da97f3a6ae7131f80f217a33144e4e24ea4dde41..25f65614c262f7dfccdf88fd4356d86d15be81ad 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/database.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/database.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ def self.adapter_name
       config['adapter']
     end
 
+    def self.human_adapter_name
+      postgresql? ? 'PostgreSQL' : 'MySQL'
+    end
+
     def self.mysql?
       adapter_name.casecmp('mysql2').zero?
     end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/info.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/info.rake
index c143ce5c45dec5b2c1e805a3442aa78523620ff1..a3d6563c2ba163916478c98e58e4bbb2e0c45a8f 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/info.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/info.rake
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ namespace :gitlab do
       puts "Sidekiq Version:#{Sidekiq::VERSION}"
       puts "Go Version:\t#{go_version[1] || "unknown".color(:red)}"
 
-      # check database adapter
-      database_adapter = Gitlab::Database.adapter_name
-      database_version = Gitlab::Database.version
-
       project = Group.new(path: "some-group").projects.build(path: "some-project")
       # construct clone URLs
       http_clone_url = project.http_url_to_repo
@@ -60,8 +56,8 @@ namespace :gitlab do
       puts "Version:\t#{Gitlab::VERSION}"
       puts "Revision:\t#{Gitlab.revision}"
       puts "Directory:\t#{Rails.root}"
-      puts "DB Adapter:\t#{database_adapter}"
-      puts "DB Version:\t#{database_version}"
+      puts "DB Adapter:\t#{Gitlab::Database.human_adapter_name}"
+      puts "DB Version:\t#{Gitlab::Database.version}"
       puts "URL:\t\t#{Gitlab.config.gitlab.url}"
       puts "HTTP Clone URL:\t#{http_clone_url}"
       puts "SSH Clone URL:\t#{ssh_clone_url}"
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/database_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/database_spec.rb
index ae50abd0e7a20246edae31f1ff20d293d63aff6d..5f57cd6b825f94f9384998ee5c6963b4a78f4dfa 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/database_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/database_spec.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,20 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe '.human_adapter_name' do
+    it 'returns PostgreSQL when using PostgreSQL' do
+      allow(described_class).to receive(:postgresql?).and_return(true)
+
+      expect(described_class.human_adapter_name).to eq('PostgreSQL')
+    end
+
+    it 'returns MySQL when using MySQL' do
+      allow(described_class).to receive(:postgresql?).and_return(false)
+
+      expect(described_class.human_adapter_name).to eq('MySQL')
+    end
+  end
+
   # These are just simple smoke tests to check if the methods work (regardless
   # of what they may return).
   describe '.mysql?' do