diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 01598d8b..3bc4cdde 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export(req_cookies_set)
 export(req_dry_run)
 export(req_error)
 export(req_headers)
+export(req_headers_redacted)
 export(req_method)
 export(req_oauth)
 export(req_oauth_auth_code)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 409052fe..9a9a63c0 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).
 * `resp_link_url()` now works if there are multiple `Link` headers (#587).
 * New `url_modify()` makes it easier to modify an existing url (#464).
 * New `req_url_relative()` for constructing relative urls (#449).
diff --git a/R/req-headers.R b/R/req-headers.R
index e9435873..3d099cc8 100644
--- a/R/req-headers.R
+++ b/R/req-headers.R
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #' Modify request headers
 #'
+#' @description
 #' `req_headers()` allows you to set the value of any header.
 #'
+#' `req_headers_redacted()` is a variation that adds "redacted" headers, which
+#' httr2 avoids printing on the console. This is good practice for
+#' authentication headers to avoid accidentally leaking them in log files.
+#'
 #' @param .req A [request].
 #' @param ... <[`dynamic-dots`][rlang::dyn-dots]> Name-value pairs of headers
 #'   and their values.
@@ -46,13 +51,16 @@
 #' # If you have headers in a list, use !!!
 #' headers <- list(HeaderOne = "one", HeaderTwo = "two")
 #' req |>
-#'    req_headers(!!!headers, HeaderThree = "three") |>
-#'    req_dry_run()
-#'
-#' # 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(!!!headers, HeaderThree = "three") |>
 #'   req_dry_run()
+#'
+#' # Use `req_headers_redacted()`` to hide a header in the output
+#' req_secret <- req |>
+#'   req_headers_redacted(Secret = "this-is-private") |>
+#'   req_headers(Public = "but-this-is-not")
+#'
+#' req_secret
+#' req_secret |> req_dry_run()
 req_headers <- function(.req, ..., .redact = NULL) {
   check_request(.req)
 
@@ -68,3 +76,12 @@ 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/man/req_headers.Rd b/man/req_headers.Rd
index c16d6932..c78d5cdb 100644
--- a/man/req_headers.Rd
+++ b/man/req_headers.Rd
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 % Please edit documentation in R/req-headers.R
 \name{req_headers}
 \alias{req_headers}
+\alias{req_headers_redacted}
 \title{Modify request headers}
 \usage{
 req_headers(.req, ..., .redact = NULL)
+
+req_headers_redacted(.req, ...)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{.req}{A \link{request}.}
@@ -25,6 +28,10 @@ A modified HTTP \link{request}.
 }
 \description{
 \code{req_headers()} allows you to set the value of any header.
+
+\code{req_headers_redacted()} is a variation that adds "redacted" headers, which
+httr2 avoids printing on the console. This is good practice for
+authentication headers to avoid accidentally leaking them in log files.
 }
 \examples{
 req <- request("http://example.com")
@@ -59,11 +66,14 @@ req |>
 # If you have headers in a list, use !!!
 headers <- list(HeaderOne = "one", HeaderTwo = "two")
 req |>
-   req_headers(!!!headers, HeaderThree = "three") |>
-   req_dry_run()
-
-# 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(!!!headers, HeaderThree = "three") |>
   req_dry_run()
+
+# Use `req_headers_redacted()`` to hide a header in the output
+req_secret <- req |>
+  req_headers_redacted(Secret = "this-is-private") |>
+  req_headers(Public = "but-this-is-not")
+
+req_secret
+req_secret |> req_dry_run()
 }
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)
   })