diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-netflix.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-netflix.adoc
index 226ee44c..117a63dd 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-netflix.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-netflix.adoc
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ route, e.g.
   routes:
     users:
       path: /myusers/**
-      sensitiveHeaders: Cookie,Set-Cookie
+      sensitiveHeaders: Cookie,Set-Cookie,Authorization
       url: https://dowstream
 ----
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/zuul/filters/ZuulProperties.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/zuul/filters/ZuulProperties.java
index 94ff90a2..0aa5ff29 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/zuul/filters/ZuulProperties.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/zuul/filters/ZuulProperties.java
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public class ZuulProperties {
 		private Boolean retryable;
 
 		private Set<String> sensitiveHeaders = new LinkedHashSet<>(
-				Arrays.asList("Cookie", "Set-Cookie"));
+				Arrays.asList("Cookie", "Set-Cookie", "Authorization"));
 
 		public ZuulRoute(String text) {
 			String location = null;