diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index f09f990e..e717f2c2 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # httr2 (development version)
 
+* New `req_headers_redacted()` provides a user-friendlier way to set redacted headers (#561).
 * `url_parse()` now uses `curl::curl_parse_url()` which is much faster and more correct (#577).
 * `req_retry()` now defaults to `max_tries = 2` with a message.
   Set to `max_tries = 1` to disable retries.
diff --git a/R/req-headers.R b/R/req-headers.R
index e9435873..7e0998d6 100644
--- a/R/req-headers.R
+++ b/R/req-headers.R
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #' Modify request headers
 #'
-#' `req_headers()` allows you to set the value of any header.
+#' `req_headers()` allows you to set the value of any header. Use
+#' `req_headers_redacted()` to add "redacted" headers which httr2 strives
+#' to avoid printing to the console. This is good practice for headers used
+#' for authentication to avoid accidentally including them in log files.
 #'
 #' @param .req A [request].
 #' @param ... <[`dynamic-dots`][rlang::dyn-dots]> Name-value pairs of headers
@@ -51,7 +54,8 @@
 #'
 #' # Use `.redact` to hide a header in the output
 #' req |>
-#'   req_headers(Secret = "this-is-private", Public = "but-this-is-not", .redact = "Secret") |>
+#'   req_headers_redacted(Secret = "this-is-private") |>
+#'   req_headers(Public = "but-this-is-not") |>
 #'   req_dry_run()
 req_headers <- function(.req, ..., .redact = NULL) {
   check_request(.req)
@@ -68,3 +72,12 @@ req_headers <- function(.req, ..., .redact = NULL) {
 
   .req
 }
+
+#' @export
+#' @rdname req_headers
+req_headers_redacted <- function(.req, ...) {
+  check_request(.req)
+
+  dots <- list(...)
+  req_headers(.req, !!!dots, .redact = names(dots))
+}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-req-headers.R b/tests/testthat/test-req-headers.R
index 036a6790..1b7f3883 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-req-headers.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-req-headers.R
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ test_that("can control which headers to redact", {
   expect_redact(req_headers(req, a = 1L, b = 2L, .redact = c("a", "b")), c("a", "b"))
   expect_redact(req_headers(req, a = 1L, b = 2L, .redact = "a"), "a")
 
+  expect_redact(req_headers_redacted(req, a = 1L, b = 2L), c("a", "b"))
+
   expect_snapshot(error = TRUE, {
     req_headers(req, a = 1L, b = 2L, .redact = 1L)
   })