diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/config.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/config.rb
index 7d4d8cfc32..4caa3afec2 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/config.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/config.rb
@@ -74,11 +74,21 @@ module Homebrew
   end
 
   def describe_python
-    describe_path(which 'python')
+    python = which 'python'
+    if %r{/shims/python$} =~ python && which('pyenv')
+      "#{python} => #{Pathname.new(`pyenv which python`.strip).realpath}" rescue describe_path(python)
+    else
+      describe_path(python)
+    end
   end
 
   def describe_ruby
-    describe_path(which 'ruby')
+    ruby = which 'ruby'
+    if %r{/shims/ruby$} =~ ruby && which('rbenv')
+      "#{ruby} => #{Pathname.new(`rbenv which ruby`.strip).realpath}" rescue describe_path(ruby)
+    else
+      describe_path(ruby)
+    end
   end
 
   def hardware