diff --git a/lib/commands/owner.js b/lib/commands/owner.js
index 40f16332b2922..3a997db800db7 100644
--- a/lib/commands/owner.js
+++ b/lib/commands/owner.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class Owner extends BaseCommand {
         this.npm.output(maintainers.map(m => `${m.name} <${m.email}>`).join('\n'))
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      log.error('owner ls', "Couldn't get owner data", pkg)
+      log.error('owner ls', "Couldn't get owner data", npmFetch.cleanUrl(pkg))
       throw err
     }
   }
diff --git a/lib/commands/ping.js b/lib/commands/ping.js
index 5a651c4a6ab09..c79e6a96cee40 100644
--- a/lib/commands/ping.js
+++ b/lib/commands/ping.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const { cleanUrl } = require('npm-registry-fetch')
 const log = require('../utils/log-shim')
 const pingUtil = require('../utils/ping.js')
 const BaseCommand = require('../base-command.js')
@@ -8,14 +9,15 @@ class Ping extends BaseCommand {
   static name = 'ping'
 
   async exec (args) {
-    log.notice('PING', this.npm.config.get('registry'))
+    const cleanRegistry = cleanUrl(this.npm.config.get('registry'))
+    log.notice('PING', cleanRegistry)
     const start = Date.now()
     const details = await pingUtil({ ...this.npm.flatOptions })
     const time = Date.now() - start
     log.notice('PONG', `${time}ms`)
     if (this.npm.config.get('json')) {
       this.npm.output(JSON.stringify({
-        registry: this.npm.config.get('registry'),
+        registry: cleanRegistry,
         time,
         details,
       }, null, 2))
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js
index 89584e5814784..a9c4b4bc0bb6d 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const { readdirScoped } = require('@npmcli/fs')
 const { lstat, readlink } = require('fs/promises')
 const { depth } = require('treeverse')
 const log = require('proc-log')
+const { cleanUrl } = require('npm-registry-fetch')
 
 const {
   OK,
@@ -1210,7 +1211,8 @@ This is a one-time fix-up, please be patient...
     if (this[_manifests].has(spec.raw)) {
       return this[_manifests].get(spec.raw)
     } else {
-      log.silly('fetch manifest', spec.raw)
+      const cleanRawSpec = cleanUrl(spec.rawSpec)
+      log.silly('fetch manifest', spec.raw.replace(spec.rawSpec, cleanRawSpec))
       const p = pacote.manifest(spec, options)
         .then(mani => {
           this[_manifests].set(spec.raw, mani)
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/place-dep.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/place-dep.js
index 16a0095fa0963..e757d0c38a6d7 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/place-dep.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/place-dep.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 const localeCompare = require('@isaacs/string-locale-compare')('en')
 const log = require('proc-log')
+const { cleanUrl } = require('npm-registry-fetch')
 const deepestNestingTarget = require('./deepest-nesting-target.js')
 const CanPlaceDep = require('./can-place-dep.js')
 const {
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ class PlaceDep {
       `${this.dep.name}@${this.dep.version}`,
       this.canPlace.description,
       `for: ${this.edge.from.package._id || this.edge.from.location}`,
-      `want: ${this.edge.spec || '*'}`
+      `want: ${cleanUrl(this.edge.spec || '*')}`
     )
 
     const placementType = this.canPlace.canPlace === CONFLICT