diff --git a/docs/lib/index.js b/docs/lib/index.js
index d7a5e83ccf506..9779d54657293 100644
--- a/docs/lib/index.js
+++ b/docs/lib/index.js
@@ -151,10 +151,12 @@ const generateFlagsTable = (definitionPool) => {
     if (!defaultVal) {
       defaultVal = String(def.default)
     }
+    defaultVal = defaultVal.replace(/\n/g, ' ').trim()
     let typeVal = def.typeDescription || String(def.type)
     if (def.required) {
       typeVal = `${typeVal} (required)`
     }
+    typeVal = typeVal.replace(/\n/g, ' ').trim()
     const desc = (def.description || '').replace(/\n/g, ' ').trim()
     return `| ${flagsStr} | ${defaultVal} | ${typeVal} | ${desc} |`
   })
diff --git a/lib/commands/publish.js b/lib/commands/publish.js
index 25dda0c156918..bc243dbea68f1 100644
--- a/lib/commands/publish.js
+++ b/lib/commands/publish.js
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ class Publish extends BaseCommand {
     } else {
       manifest = await pacote.manifest(spec, {
         ...opts,
-        fullmetadata: true,
+        fullMetadata: true,
         fullReadJson: true,
       })
     }
diff --git a/workspaces/libnpmexec/lib/index.js b/workspaces/libnpmexec/lib/index.js
index 3681653d8217d..3add22cd2edca 100644
--- a/workspaces/libnpmexec/lib/index.js
+++ b/workspaces/libnpmexec/lib/index.js
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ const missingFromTree = async ({ spec, tree, flatOptions, isNpxTree, shallow })
 }
 
 // see if the package.json at `path` has an entry that matches `cmd`
+// the path is a known-local directory, not a user-supplied dep, so
+// allow-directory must not gate this introspection
 const hasPkgBin = (path, cmd, flatOptions) =>
-  pacote.manifest(path, flatOptions)
+  pacote.manifest(path, { ...flatOptions, allowDirectory: 'all' })
     .then(manifest => manifest?.bin?.[cmd]).catch(() => null)
 
 const exec = async (opts) => {
@@ -147,6 +149,8 @@ const exec = async (opts) => {
         // we have to install the local package into the npx cache so that its
         // bin links get set up
         flatOptions.installLinks = false
+        // self-execution of a local bin, not a directory dep install
+        flatOptions.allowDirectory = 'all'
         // args[0] will exist when the package is installed
         packages.push(p)
         yes = true
diff --git a/workspaces/libnpmexec/test/local.js b/workspaces/libnpmexec/test/local.js
index 23035b01769e3..2423440c9d82c 100644
--- a/workspaces/libnpmexec/test/local.js
+++ b/workspaces/libnpmexec/test/local.js
@@ -423,3 +423,49 @@ t.test('global scoped pkg', async t => {
     created: 'global/node_modules/@npmcli/create-test/bin-file.js',
   })
 })
+
+// Regression: local bin lookup must not be gated by allow-directory,
+// even when the policy is `none` or `root`.
+for (const allowDirectory of ['none', 'root']) {
+  t.test(`local bin still resolves with allow-directory=${allowDirectory}`, async t => {
+    const { pkg, fixtures } = createPkg({
+      version: '1.0.0',
+      name: '@npmcli/local-pkg-allow-directory-test',
+      bin: {
+        a: 'local-bin-test.js',
+      },
+      files: {
+        'local-bin-test.js': { key: 'local-bin', value: 'LOCAL PKG' },
+      },
+    })
+
+    const { exec, chmod, readOutput, path } = setup(t, {
+      pkg,
+      testdir: merge(
+        fixtures.packages[`@npmcli-local-pkg-allow-directory-test-1.0.0`],
+        {
+          node_modules: {
+            '@npmcli': {
+              'some-other-pkg-with-same-scope': {},
+            },
+          },
+        }
+      ),
+    })
+
+    const localBin = resolve(path, 'node_modules', '.bin')
+
+    await chmod('local-bin-test.js')
+
+    await exec({
+      localBin,
+      args: ['a', 'argument-a'],
+      allowDirectory,
+    })
+
+    t.match(await readOutput('local-bin'), {
+      value: 'LOCAL PKG',
+      args: ['argument-a'],
+    })
+  })
+}