diff --git a/datasette/app.py b/datasette/app.py
index 634283ff..2e20d402 100644
--- a/datasette/app.py
+++ b/datasette/app.py
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ from .utils import (
     tilde_decode,
     to_css_class,
     urlsafe_components,
+    redact_keys,
     row_sql_params_pks,
 )
 from .utils.asgi import (
@@ -1374,6 +1375,11 @@ class Datasette:
             output.append(script)
         return output
 
+    def _config(self):
+        return redact_keys(
+            self.config, ("secret", "key", "password", "token", "hash", "dsn")
+        )
+
     def _routes(self):
         routes = []
 
@@ -1433,12 +1439,8 @@ class Datasette:
             r"/-/settings(\.(?P<format>json))?$",
         )
         add_route(
-            permanent_redirect("/-/settings.json"),
-            r"/-/config.json",
-        )
-        add_route(
-            permanent_redirect("/-/settings"),
-            r"/-/config",
+            JsonDataView.as_view(self, "config.json", lambda: self._config()),
+            r"/-/config(\.(?P<format>json))?$",
         )
         add_route(
             JsonDataView.as_view(self, "threads.json", self._threads),
diff --git a/datasette/utils/__init__.py b/datasette/utils/__init__.py
index cc175b01..4c940645 100644
--- a/datasette/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/datasette/utils/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import time
 import types
 import secrets
 import shutil
+from typing import Iterable
 import urllib
 import yaml
 from .shutil_backport import copytree
@@ -1327,3 +1328,30 @@ def move_plugins(source, destination):
 
     recursive_move(source, destination)
     prune_empty_dicts(source)
+
+
+def redact_keys(original: dict, key_patterns: Iterable) -> dict:
+    """
+    Recursively redact sensitive keys in a dictionary based on given patterns
+
+    :param original: The original dictionary
+    :param key_patterns: A list of substring patterns to redact
+    :return: A copy of the original dictionary with sensitive values redacted
+    """
+
+    def redact(data):
+        if isinstance(data, dict):
+            return {
+                k: (
+                    redact(v)
+                    if not any(pattern in k for pattern in key_patterns)
+                    else "***"
+                )
+                for k, v in data.items()
+            }
+        elif isinstance(data, list):
+            return [redact(item) for item in data]
+        else:
+            return data
+
+    return redact(original)
diff --git a/datasette/views/special.py b/datasette/views/special.py
index 4088a1f9..296652d0 100644
--- a/datasette/views/special.py
+++ b/datasette/views/special.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class JsonDataView(BaseView):
             if self.ds.cors:
                 add_cors_headers(headers)
             return Response(
-                json.dumps(data),
+                json.dumps(data, default=repr),
                 content_type="application/json; charset=utf-8",
                 headers=headers,
             )
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class JsonDataView(BaseView):
                 request=request,
                 context={
                     "filename": self.filename,
-                    "data_json": json.dumps(data, indent=4),
+                    "data_json": json.dumps(data, indent=4, default=repr),
                 },
             )
 
diff --git a/docs/introspection.rst b/docs/introspection.rst
index e08ca911..b62197ea 100644
--- a/docs/introspection.rst
+++ b/docs/introspection.rst
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Shows a list of currently installed plugins and their versions. `Plugins example
 
 Add ``?all=1`` to include details of the default plugins baked into Datasette.
 
-.. _JsonDataView_config:
+.. _JsonDataView_settings:
 
 /-/settings
 -----------
@@ -105,6 +105,15 @@ Shows the :ref:`settings` for this instance of Datasette. `Settings example <htt
         "sql_time_limit_ms": 1000
     }
 
+.. _JsonDataView_config:
+
+/-/config
+---------
+
+Shows the :ref:`configuration <configuration>` for this instance of Datasette. This is generally the contents of the :ref:`datasette.yaml or datasette.json <configuration_reference>` file, which can include plugin configuration as well.
+
+Any keys that include the one of the following substrings in their names will be returned as redacted ``***`` output, to help avoid accidentally leaking private configuration information: ``secret``, ``key``, ``password``, ``token``, ``hash``, ``dsn``.
+
 .. _JsonDataView_databases:
 
 /-/databases
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index 177dc95c..0a1f3725 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -846,20 +846,6 @@ async def test_settings_json(ds_client):
     }
 
 
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "path,expected_redirect",
-    (
-        ("/-/config.json", "/-/settings.json"),
-        ("/-/config", "/-/settings"),
-    ),
-)
-async def test_config_redirects_to_settings(ds_client, path, expected_redirect):
-    response = await ds_client.get(path)
-    assert response.status_code == 301
-    assert response.headers["Location"] == expected_redirect
-
-
 test_json_columns_default_expected = [
     {"intval": 1, "strval": "s", "floatval": 0.5, "jsonval": '{"foo": "bar"}'}
 ]
@@ -1039,3 +1025,39 @@ async def test_tilde_encoded_database_names(db_name):
     # And the JSON for that database
     response2 = await ds.client.get(path + ".json")
     assert response2.status_code == 200
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "config,expected",
+    (
+        ({}, {}),
+        ({"plugins": {"datasette-foo": "bar"}}, {"plugins": {"datasette-foo": "bar"}}),
+        # Test redaction
+        (
+            {
+                "plugins": {
+                    "datasette-auth": {"secret_key": "key"},
+                    "datasette-foo": "bar",
+                    "datasette-auth2": {"password": "password"},
+                    "datasette-sentry": {
+                        "dsn": "sentry:///foo",
+                    },
+                }
+            },
+            {
+                "plugins": {
+                    "datasette-auth": {"secret_key": "***"},
+                    "datasette-foo": "bar",
+                    "datasette-auth2": {"password": "***"},
+                    "datasette-sentry": {"dsn": "***"},
+                }
+            },
+        ),
+    ),
+)
+async def test_config_json(config, expected):
+    "/-/config.json should return redacted configuration"
+    ds = Datasette(config=config)
+    response = await ds.client.get("/-/config.json")
+    assert response.json() == expected