Merge cbaffd8eca7f7a202ad3bc19cd291e568c55f4a7 into 6b70c40f151ca051d403453bf019e1707b33bd5b

Fixes #3447

README.md

@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ In place of a version pointer like "14.7" or "16.3" or "12.22.1", you can use th
 
 ### Long-term Support
 
-Node has a [schedule](https://github.com/nodejs/Release#release-schedule) for long-term support (LTS) You can reference LTS versions in aliases and `.nvmrc` files with the notation `lts/*` for the latest LTS, and `lts/argon` for LTS releases from the "argon" line, for example. In addition, the following commands support LTS arguments:
+Node has a [schedule](https://github.com/nodejs/Release#release-schedule) for long-term support (LTS) You can reference LTS versions in aliases and `.nvmrc` files with the notation `lts/*` for the latest _Active_ LTS, and `lts/argon` for LTS releases from the "argon" line, for example. In addition, the following commands support LTS arguments:
 
   - `nvm install --lts` / `nvm install --lts=argon` / `nvm install 'lts/*'` / `nvm install lts/argon`
   - `nvm uninstall --lts` / `nvm uninstall --lts=argon` / `nvm uninstall 'lts/*'` / `nvm uninstall lts/argon`

nvm.sh

@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ nvm_install_latest_npm() {
   nvm_echo 'Attempting to upgrade to the latest working version of npm...'
   local NODE_VERSION
   NODE_VERSION="$(nvm_strip_iojs_prefix "$(nvm_ls_current)")"
+  local NPM_VERSION
+  NPM_VERSION="$(npm --version 2>/dev/null)"
+
   if [ "${NODE_VERSION}" = 'system' ]; then
     NODE_VERSION="$(node --version)"
   elif [ "${NODE_VERSION}" = 'none' ]; then
@@ -206,8 +209,6 @@ nvm_install_latest_npm() {
     nvm_err 'Unable to obtain node version.'
     return 1
   fi
-  local NPM_VERSION
-  NPM_VERSION="$(npm --version 2>/dev/null)"
   if [ -z "${NPM_VERSION}" ]; then
     nvm_err 'Unable to obtain npm version.'
     return 2