diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3797-python_requirements_info-improvements.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3797-python_requirements_info-improvements.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0c2a06dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/3797-python_requirements_info-improvements.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+    - python_requirements_info - returns python version broken down into its components, and some minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3797).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/system/python_requirements_info.py b/plugins/modules/system/python_requirements_info.py
index c05eb097d0..aae85a2d3e 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/system/python_requirements_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/system/python_requirements_info.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
 module: python_requirements_info
 short_description: Show python path and assert dependency versions
 description:
-    - Get info about available Python requirements on the target host, including listing required libraries and gathering versions.
-    - This module was called C(python_requirements_facts) before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.
+  - Get info about available Python requirements on the target host, including listing required libraries and gathering versions.
+  - This module was called C(python_requirements_facts) before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.
 options:
   dependencies:
     type: list
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ options:
       Supported operators: <, >, <=, >=, or ==. The bare module name like
       I(ansible), the module with a specific version like I(boto3==1.6.1), or a
       partial version like I(requests>2) are all valid specifications.
+    default: []
 author:
-- Will Thames (@willthames)
-- Ryan Scott Brown (@ryansb)
+  - Will Thames (@willthames)
+  - Ryan Scott Brown (@ryansb)
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
@@ -33,8 +34,8 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 - name: Check for modern boto3 and botocore versions
   community.general.python_requirements_info:
     dependencies:
-    - boto3>1.6
-    - botocore<2
+      - boto3>1.6
+      - botocore<2
 '''
 
 RETURN = '''
@@ -48,14 +49,44 @@ python_version:
   returned: always
   type: str
   sample: "2.7.15 (default, May  1 2018, 16:44:08)\n[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 9.1.0 (clang-902.0.39.1)]"
+python_version_info:
+  description: breakdown version of python
+  returned: always
+  type: dict
+  contains:
+    major:
+      description: The C(major) component of the python interpreter version.
+      returned: always
+      type: int
+      sample: 3
+    minor:
+      description: The C(minor) component of the python interpreter version.
+      returned: always
+      type: int
+      sample: 8
+    micro:
+      description: The C(micro) component of the python interpreter version.
+      returned: always
+      type: int
+      sample: 10
+    releaselevel:
+      description: The C(releaselevel) component of the python interpreter version.
+      returned: always
+      type: str
+      sample: final
+    serial:
+      description: The C(serial) component of the python interpreter version.
+      returned: always
+      type: int
+      sample: 0
+  version_added: 4.2.0
 python_system_path:
   description: List of paths python is looking for modules in
   returned: always
   type: list
   sample:
-  - /usr/local/opt/python@2/site-packages/
-  - /usr/lib/python/site-packages/
-  - /usr/lib/python/site-packages/
+    - /usr/local/opt/python@2/site-packages/
+    - /usr/lib/python/site-packages/
 valid:
   description: A dictionary of dependencies that matched their desired versions. If no version was specified, then I(desired) will be null
   returned: always
@@ -80,8 +111,8 @@ not_found:
   returned: always
   type: list
   sample:
-  - boto4
-  - requests
+    - boto4
+    - requests
 '''
 
 import re
@@ -106,11 +137,19 @@ operations = {
     '==': operator.eq,
 }
 
+python_version_info = dict(
+    major=sys.version_info[0],
+    minor=sys.version_info[1],
+    micro=sys.version_info[2],
+    releaselevel=sys.version_info[3],
+    serial=sys.version_info[4],
+)
+
 
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
-            dependencies=dict(type='list', elements='str')
+            dependencies=dict(type='list', elements='str', default=[])
         ),
         supports_check_mode=True,
     )
@@ -119,6 +158,7 @@ def main():
             msg='Could not import "distutils" and "pkg_resources" libraries to introspect python environment.',
             python=sys.executable,
             python_version=sys.version,
+            python_version_info=python_version_info,
             python_system_path=sys.path,
         )
     pkg_dep_re = re.compile(r'(^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)(?:(==|[><]=?)([0-9.]+))?$')
@@ -129,7 +169,7 @@ def main():
         valid={},
     )
 
-    for dep in (module.params.get('dependencies') or []):
+    for dep in module.params['dependencies']:
         match = pkg_dep_re.match(dep)
         if not match:
             module.fail_json(msg="Failed to parse version requirement '{0}'. Must be formatted like 'ansible>2.6'".format(dep))
@@ -161,6 +201,7 @@ def main():
     module.exit_json(
         python=sys.executable,
         python_version=sys.version,
+        python_version_info=python_version_info,
         python_system_path=sys.path,
         **results
     )
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/python_requirements_info/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/python_requirements_info/tasks/main.yml
index 4a1639d230..035306cdee 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/python_requirements_info/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/python_requirements_info/tasks/main.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     that:
       - "'python' in basic_info"
       - "'python_version' in basic_info"
+      - basic_info.python_version_info == ansible_python.version
 
 - name: run python_requirements_info module
   python_requirements_info: