diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/491_fix_download_url.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/491_fix_download_url.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 27628bbb..00000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/491_fix_download_url.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - setup_mysql - update MySQL tarball URL (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/pull/491).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/497_mysql_info_returns_connector_name_and_version.yml b/changelogs/fragments/497_mysql_info_returns_connector_name_and_version.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11fc4f5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/497_mysql_info_returns_connector_name_and_version.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+  - mysql_info - add ``connector_name`` and ``connector_version`` to returned values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/pull/497).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/backport-stable-2-pr-452.yml b/changelogs/fragments/backport-stable-2-pr-452.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 87d6fcd1..00000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/backport-stable-2-pr-452.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-
-trivial:
-
-  - Tests - Backport PR-452 Sync GHA workflow w/ the collection template
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/mysql.py b/plugins/module_utils/mysql.py
index d2565998..b206fcc1 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/mysql.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/mysql.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     _mysql_cursor_param = 'cursor'
 except ImportError:
     try:
+        # mysqlclient is called MySQLdb
         import MySQLdb as mysql_driver
         import MySQLdb.cursors
         _mysql_cursor_param = 'cursorclass'
@@ -35,6 +36,43 @@
                          'the intended Python version.')
 
 
+def get_connector_name(connector):
+    """ (class) -> str
+    Return the name of the connector (pymysql or mysqlclient (MySQLdb))
+    or 'Unknown' if not pymysql or MySQLdb. When adding a
+    connector here, also modify get_connector_version.
+    """
+    if connector is None or not hasattr(connector, '__name__'):
+        return 'Unknown'
+
+    return connector.__name__
+
+
+def get_connector_version(connector):
+    """ (class) -> str
+    Return the version of pymysql or mysqlclient (MySQLdb).
+    Return 'Unknown' if the connector name is unknown.
+    """
+
+    if connector is None:
+        return 'Unknown'
+
+    connector_name = get_connector_name(connector)
+
+    if connector_name == 'pymysql':
+        # pymysql has two methods:
+        # - __version__ that returns the string: 0.7.11.None
+        # - VERSION that returns the tuple (0, 7, 11, None)
+        v = connector.VERSION[:3]
+        return '.'.join(map(str, v))
+    elif connector_name == 'MySQLdb':
+        # version_info returns the tuple (2, 1, 1, 'final', 0)
+        v = connector.version_info[:3]
+        return '.'.join(map(str, v))
+    else:
+        return 'Unknown'
+
+
 def parse_from_mysql_config_file(cnf):
     # Default values of comment_prefix is '#' and ';'.
     # '!' added to prevent a parsing error
diff --git a/plugins/modules/mysql_info.py b/plugins/modules/mysql_info.py
index c7761a2d..f29d8878 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/mysql_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/mysql_info.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 author:
 - Andrew Klychkov (@Andersson007)
 - Sebastian Gumprich (@rndmh3ro)
+- Laurent Indermühle (@laurent-indermuehle)
 
 extends_documentation_fragment:
 - community.mysql.mysql
@@ -206,6 +207,21 @@
   type: dict
   sample:
   - { "2": { "Host": "", "Master_id": 1, "Port": 3306 } }
+connector_name:
+  description: Name of the python connector used by the module. When the connector is not identified, returns C(Unknown).
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample:
+  - "pymysql"
+  - "MySQLdb"
+  version_added: '2.4.0'
+connector_version:
+  description: Version of the python connector used by the module. When the connector is not identified, returns C(Unknown).
+  returned: always
+  type: str
+  sample:
+  - "1.0.2"
+  version_added: '2.4.0'
 '''
 
 from decimal import Decimal
@@ -216,6 +232,8 @@
     mysql_common_argument_spec,
     mysql_driver,
     mysql_driver_fail_msg,
+    get_connector_name,
+    get_connector_version,
 )
 from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
@@ -558,21 +576,29 @@ def main():
     if mysql_driver is None:
         module.fail_json(msg=mysql_driver_fail_msg)
 
+    connector_name = get_connector_name(mysql_driver)
+    connector_version = get_connector_version(mysql_driver)
+
     try:
         cursor, db_conn = mysql_connect(module, login_user, login_password,
                                         config_file, ssl_cert, ssl_key, ssl_ca, db,
                                         check_hostname=check_hostname,
                                         connect_timeout=connect_timeout, cursor_class='DictCursor')
     except Exception as e:
-        module.fail_json(msg="unable to connect to database, check login_user and login_password are correct or %s has the credentials. "
-                             "Exception message: %s" % (config_file, to_native(e)))
+        msg = ('unable to connect to database using %s %s, check login_user '
+               'and login_password are correct or %s has the credentials. '
+               'Exception message: %s' % (connector_name, connector_version, config_file, to_native(e)))
+        module.fail_json(msg)
 
     ###############################
     # Create object and do main job
 
     mysql = MySQL_Info(module, cursor)
 
-    module.exit_json(changed=False, **mysql.get_info(filter_, exclude_fields, return_empty_dbs))
+    module.exit_json(changed=False,
+                     connector_name=connector_name,
+                     connector_version=connector_version,
+                     **mysql.get_info(filter_, exclude_fields, return_empty_dbs))
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_info/tasks/connector_info.yml b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_info/tasks/connector_info.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..349ccef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_info/tasks/connector_info.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+# Added in 1.5.0, 2.4.0 and 3.6.0 in
+# https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/pull/497
+
+# TODO: Refactor in PR490.
+- name: Connector info | Assert connector_name exists and has expected values
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - result.connector_name is defined
+      - result.connector_name is in ['pymysql', 'MySQLdb']
+    success_msg: >-
+      Assertions passed, result.connector_name is {{ result.connector_name }}
+    fail_msg: >-
+      Assertion failed, result.connector_name is
+      {{ result.connector_name | d('Unknown')}} which is different than expected
+      pymysql or MySQLdb
+
+# TODO: Refactor in PR490.
+- name: Connector info | Assert connector_version exists and has expected values
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - result.connector_version is defined
+      - >
+        result.connector_version == 'Unknown'
+        or result.connector_version is version(connector_ver, '==')
+    success_msg: >-
+      Assertions passed, result.connector_version is
+      {{ result.connector_version }}
+    fail_msg: >-
+      Assertion failed, result.connector_version is
+      {{ result.connector_version }} which is different than expected
+      {{ connector_ver }}
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_info/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_info/tasks/main.yml
index ec2bd9b6..a5428e32 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_info/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_info/tasks/main.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@
         - result.engines != {}
         - result.users != {}
 
+    - name: mysql_info - Test connector informations display
+      ansible.builtin.import_tasks:
+        file: connector_info.yml
+
     # Access by non-default cred file
     - name: mysql_info - check non-default cred file
       mysql_info: