diff --git a/lib/commands/config.js b/lib/commands/config.js
index 24bab5fe6c9e6..0432abac391f3 100644
--- a/lib/commands/config.js
+++ b/lib/commands/config.js
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ ${defData}
       msg.push(
         `; node bin location = ${process.execPath}`,
         `; node version = ${process.version}`,
-        `; npm bin location = ${dirname(dirname(__dirname))}`,
+        `; npm local prefix = ${this.npm.localPrefix}`,
         `; npm version = ${this.npm.version}`,
         `; cwd = ${process.cwd()}`,
         `; HOME = ${process.env.HOME}`,
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/config.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/config.js.test.cjs
index 21add30da7be0..56ef71f3efd3c 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/config.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/config.js.test.cjs
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ userconfig = "{HOME}/.npmrc"
 
 ; node bin location = {EXECPATH}
 ; node version = {NODE-VERSION}
-; npm bin location = {NPMDIR}
+; npm local prefix = {LOCALPREFIX}
 ; npm version = {NPM-VERSION}
 ; cwd = {NPMDIR}
 ; HOME = {HOME}
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ userconfig = "{HOME}/.npmrc"
 
 ; node bin location = {EXECPATH}
 ; node version = {NODE-VERSION}
-; npm bin location = {NPMDIR}
+; npm local prefix = {LOCALPREFIX}
 ; npm version = {NPM-VERSION}
 ; cwd = {NPMDIR}
 ; HOME = {HOME}
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ userconfig = "{HOME}/.npmrc"
 
 ; node bin location = {EXECPATH}
 ; node version = {NODE-VERSION}
-; npm bin location = {NPMDIR}
+; npm local prefix = {LOCALPREFIX}
 ; npm version = {NPM-VERSION}
 ; cwd = {NPMDIR}
 ; HOME = {HOME}