diff --git a/news/13112.feature.rst b/news/13112.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e2c85ea5629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/13112.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Prefer to display ``License-Expression`` in ``pip show`` if metadata version is at least 2.4.
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diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/commands/show.py b/src/pip/_internal/commands/show.py
index c54d548f5fb..77a96652454 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/commands/show.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/commands/show.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class _PackageInfo(NamedTuple):
     author: str
     author_email: str
     license: str
+    license_expression: str
     entry_points: List[str]
     files: Optional[List[str]]
 
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ def _get_requiring_packages(current_dist: BaseDistribution) -> Iterator[str]:
             author=metadata.get("Author", ""),
             author_email=metadata.get("Author-email", ""),
             license=metadata.get("License", ""),
+            license_expression=metadata.get("License-Expression", ""),
             entry_points=entry_points,
             files=files,
         )
@@ -186,7 +188,10 @@ def print_results(
         write_output("Home-page: %s", dist.homepage)
         write_output("Author: %s", dist.author)
         write_output("Author-email: %s", dist.author_email)
-        write_output("License: %s", dist.license)
+        if dist.metadata_version >= "2.4" and dist.license_expression:
+            write_output("License-Expression: %s", dist.license_expression)
+        else:
+            write_output("License: %s", dist.license)
         write_output("Location: %s", dist.location)
         if dist.editable_project_location is not None:
             write_output(