diff --git a/internal/config/help.go b/internal/config/help.go
index 19fc4be5b..faebda5e7 100644
--- a/internal/config/help.go
+++ b/internal/config/help.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type HelpKV struct {
 
 	// Indicates if the value contains sensitive info
 	// that shouldn't be exposed in certain apis
-	Sensitive bool `json:"sensitive"`
+	Sensitive bool `json:"-"`
 
 	// Indicates if sub-sys supports multiple targets.
 	MultipleTargets bool `json:"multipleTargets"`