diff --git a/src/client/interpreter/activation/terminalEnvVarCollectionPrompt.ts b/src/client/interpreter/activation/terminalEnvVarCollectionPrompt.ts
index b5d42f0e7dbe..c8aea205a32a 100644
--- a/src/client/interpreter/activation/terminalEnvVarCollectionPrompt.ts
+++ b/src/client/interpreter/activation/terminalEnvVarCollectionPrompt.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 import { inject, injectable } from 'inversify';
-import { Uri } from 'vscode';
+import { Uri, l10n } from 'vscode';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { IActiveResourceService, IApplicationShell, ITerminalManager } from '../../common/application/types';
 import {
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ function getPromptName(interpreter?: PythonEnvironment) {
         return '';
     }
     if (interpreter.envName) {
-        return ` "(${interpreter.envName})"`;
+        return `, ${l10n.t('i.e')} "(${interpreter.envName})"`;
     }
     if (interpreter.envPath) {
-        return ` "(${path.basename(interpreter.envPath)})"`;
+        return `, ${l10n.t('i.e')} "(${path.basename(interpreter.envPath)})"`;
     }
     return '';
 }
diff --git a/src/client/interpreter/activation/terminalEnvVarCollectionService.ts b/src/client/interpreter/activation/terminalEnvVarCollectionService.ts
index 3849160b7e4b..fa949ff69fad 100644
--- a/src/client/interpreter/activation/terminalEnvVarCollectionService.ts
+++ b/src/client/interpreter/activation/terminalEnvVarCollectionService.ts
@@ -345,6 +345,10 @@ function getPromptForEnv(interpreter: PythonEnvironment | undefined) {
         return undefined;
     }
     if (interpreter.envName) {
+        if (interpreter.envName === 'base') {
+            // If conda base environment is selected, it can lead to "(base)" appearing twice if we return the env name.
+            return undefined;
+        }
         return `(${interpreter.envName}) `;
     }
     if (interpreter.envPath) {
diff --git a/src/test/interpreters/activation/terminalEnvVarCollectionPrompt.unit.test.ts b/src/test/interpreters/activation/terminalEnvVarCollectionPrompt.unit.test.ts
index 7bddbdcbbfe0..baa83c8b11c5 100644
--- a/src/test/interpreters/activation/terminalEnvVarCollectionPrompt.unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/interpreters/activation/terminalEnvVarCollectionPrompt.unit.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import { mock, when, anything, instance, verify, reset } from 'ts-mockito';
-import { EventEmitter, Terminal, Uri } from 'vscode';
+import { EventEmitter, Terminal, Uri, l10n } from 'vscode';
 import { IActiveResourceService, IApplicationShell, ITerminalManager } from '../../../client/common/application/types';
 import {
     IConfigurationService,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ suite('Terminal Environment Variable Collection Prompt', () => {
     let interpreterService: IInterpreterService;
     const prompts = [Common.doNotShowAgain];
     const envName = 'env';
-    const expectedMessage = Interpreters.terminalEnvVarCollectionPrompt.format(` "(${envName})"`);
+    const expectedMessage = Interpreters.terminalEnvVarCollectionPrompt.format(`, ${l10n.t('i.e')} "(${envName})"`);
 
     setup(async () => {
         shell = mock<IApplicationShell>();
diff --git a/src/test/interpreters/activation/terminalEnvVarCollectionService.unit.test.ts b/src/test/interpreters/activation/terminalEnvVarCollectionService.unit.test.ts
index 2e2327bd181c..b3a017031765 100644
--- a/src/test/interpreters/activation/terminalEnvVarCollectionService.unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/interpreters/activation/terminalEnvVarCollectionService.unit.test.ts
@@ -349,6 +349,34 @@ suite('Terminal Environment Variable Collection Service', () => {
         expect(result).to.equal(true);
     });
 
+    test('Correct track that prompt was not set for non-Windows where PS1 is not set but env name is base', async () => {
+        when(platform.osType).thenReturn(OSType.Linux);
+        const envVars: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = { CONDA_PREFIX: 'prefix/to/conda', ...process.env };
+        const ps1Shell = 'zsh';
+        const resource = Uri.file('a');
+        const workspaceFolder: WorkspaceFolder = {
+            uri: Uri.file('workspacePath'),
+            name: 'workspace1',
+            index: 0,
+        };
+        when(interpreterService.getActiveInterpreter(resource)).thenResolve(({
+            type: PythonEnvType.Conda,
+            envName: 'base',
+            envPath: 'prefix/to/conda',
+        } as unknown) as PythonEnvironment);
+        when(workspaceService.getWorkspaceFolder(resource)).thenReturn(workspaceFolder);
+        when(
+            environmentActivationService.getActivatedEnvironmentVariables(resource, undefined, undefined, ps1Shell),
+        ).thenResolve(envVars);
+        when(collection.replace(anything(), anything(), anything())).thenReturn();
+
+        await terminalEnvVarCollectionService._applyCollection(resource, ps1Shell);
+
+        const result = terminalEnvVarCollectionService.isTerminalPromptSetCorrectly(resource);
+
+        expect(result).to.equal(false);
+    });
+
     test('Correct track that prompt was not set for non-Windows fish where PS1 is not set', async () => {
         when(platform.osType).thenReturn(OSType.Linux);
         const envVars: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = { CONDA_PREFIX: 'prefix/to/conda', ...process.env };