diff --git a/pygmt/_show_versions.py b/pygmt/_show_versions.py
index 176d77e3f1d..bb22c846ff9 100644
--- a/pygmt/_show_versions.py
+++ b/pygmt/_show_versions.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def show_versions(file: TextIO | None = sys.stdout) -> None:
     lines.extend([f"  {key}: {val}" for key, val in sys_info.items()])
     lines.append("Dependency information:")
     lines.extend([f"  {key}: {val}" for key, val in dep_version.items()])
-    lines.append("GMT library information:")
+    lines.append("GMT information:")
     lines.extend([f"  {key}: {val}" for key, val in _get_clib_info().items()])
 
     if warnmsg := _check_ghostscript_version(dep_version["ghostscript"]):
diff --git a/pygmt/clib/session.py b/pygmt/clib/session.py
index 8c6cdc1252e..a17b2ec8261 100644
--- a/pygmt/clib/session.py
+++ b/pygmt/clib/session.py
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ def info(self) -> dict[str, str]:
         """
         if not hasattr(self, "_info"):
             self._info = {
-                "version": self.get_default("API_VERSION"),
+                "version": self.get_default("API_BIN_VERSION"),
+                # "api version": self.get_default("API_VERSION"),
                 "padding": self.get_default("API_PAD"),
                 # API_BINDIR points to the directory of the Python interpreter
                 # "binary dir": self.get_default("API_BINDIR"),
@@ -209,7 +210,6 @@ def info(self) -> dict[str, str]:
                 "cores": self.get_default("API_CORES"),
                 "grid layout": self.get_default("API_GRID_LAYOUT"),
                 "image layout": self.get_default("API_IMAGE_LAYOUT"),
-                "binary version": self.get_default("API_BIN_VERSION"),
             }
         return self._info