diff --git a/src/bpm/main.go b/src/bpm/main.go
index eaba541..32ef64b 100644
--- a/src/bpm/main.go
+++ b/src/bpm/main.go
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ func resolveCommand() {
 		for n, pkg := range packages {
 			var info *bpmlib.PackageInfo
 			isFile := false
+			showInstallationReason := false
 			if showRepoInfo {
 				var err error
 				var entry *bpmlib.RepositoryEntry
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ func resolveCommand() {
 				} else {
 					info = bpmlib.GetPackageInfo(pkg, rootDir)
 				}
+				showInstallationReason = true
 			}
 			if info == nil {
 				log.Fatalf("Error: package (%s) is not installed\n", pkg)
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ func resolveCommand() {
 				}
 				fmt.Println("File: " + abs)
 			}
-			fmt.Println(bpmlib.CreateReadableInfo(true, true, true, info, rootDir))
+			fmt.Println(bpmlib.CreateReadableInfo(true, true, true, showInstallationReason, info, rootDir))
 		}
 	case list:
 		// Read local databases
@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@ func resolveCommand() {
 				if n != 0 {
 					fmt.Println()
 				}
-				fmt.Println(bpmlib.CreateReadableInfo(true, true, true, info, rootDir))
+				fmt.Println(bpmlib.CreateReadableInfo(true, true, true, true, info, rootDir))
 			}
 		}
 	case search:
diff --git a/src/bpmlib/packages.go b/src/bpmlib/packages.go
index eda206b..5c4471d 100644
--- a/src/bpmlib/packages.go
+++ b/src/bpmlib/packages.go
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ func ReadPackageInfo(contents string) (*PackageInfo, error) {
 	return pkgInfo, nil
 }
 
-func CreateReadableInfo(showArchitecture, showType, showPackageRelations bool, pkgInfo *PackageInfo, rootDir string) string {
+func CreateReadableInfo(showArchitecture, showType, showPackageRelations, showInstallationReason bool, pkgInfo *PackageInfo, rootDir string) string {
 	ret := make([]string, 0)
 	appendArray := func(label string, array []string) {
 		if len(array) == 0 {
@@ -524,7 +524,9 @@ func CreateReadableInfo(showArchitecture, showType, showPackageRelations bool, p
 		}
 		appendArray("Split Packages", splitPkgs)
 	}
-	ret = append(ret, "Installation Reason: "+string(GetInstallationReason(pkgInfo.Name, rootDir)))
+	if IsPackageInstalled(pkgInfo.Name, rootDir) && showInstallationReason {
+		ret = append(ret, "Installation Reason: "+string(GetInstallationReason(pkgInfo.Name, rootDir)))
+	}
 	return strings.Join(ret, "\n")
 }