diff --git a/pkg/redact/literal.go b/pkg/redact/literal.go
index 56a041d5..2f9cfc97 100644
--- a/pkg/redact/literal.go
+++ b/pkg/redact/literal.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type literalRedactor struct {
 	matchString string
 	filePath    string
 	redactName  string
+	isDefault   bool
 }
 
 func literalString(matchString, path, name string) Redactor {
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ func (r literalRedactor) Redact(input io.Reader) io.Reader {
 					CharactersRemoved: len(line) - len(clean),
 					Line:              lineNum,
 					File:              r.filePath,
+					IsDefaultRedactor: r.isDefault,
 				})
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/redact/multi_line.go b/pkg/redact/multi_line.go
index 8209ba39..d8b3e128 100644
--- a/pkg/redact/multi_line.go
+++ b/pkg/redact/multi_line.go
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ type MultiLineRedactor struct {
 	maskText   string
 	filePath   string
 	redactName string
+	isDefault  bool
 }
 
-func NewMultiLineRedactor(re1, re2, maskText, path, name string) (*MultiLineRedactor, error) {
+func NewMultiLineRedactor(re1, re2, maskText, path, name string, isDefault bool) (*MultiLineRedactor, error) {
 	compiled1, err := regexp.Compile(re1)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ func NewMultiLineRedactor(re1, re2, maskText, path, name string) (*MultiLineReda
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return &MultiLineRedactor{re1: compiled1, re2: compiled2, maskText: maskText, filePath: path, redactName: name}, nil
+	return &MultiLineRedactor{re1: compiled1, re2: compiled2, maskText: maskText, filePath: path, redactName: name, isDefault: isDefault}, nil
 }
 
 func (r *MultiLineRedactor) Redact(input io.Reader) io.Reader {
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ func (r *MultiLineRedactor) Redact(input io.Reader) io.Reader {
 					CharactersRemoved: len(line2) - len(clean),
 					Line:              lineNum,
 					File:              r.filePath,
+					IsDefaultRedactor: r.isDefault,
 				})
 			}
 
diff --git a/pkg/redact/redact.go b/pkg/redact/redact.go
index e8765f3f..db896cf5 100644
--- a/pkg/redact/redact.go
+++ b/pkg/redact/redact.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ type Redaction struct {
 	CharactersRemoved int    `json:"charactersRemoved" yaml:"charactersRemoved"`
 	Line              int    `json:"line" yaml:"line"`
 	File              string `json:"file" yaml:"file"`
+	IsDefaultRedactor bool   `json:"isDefaultRedactor" yaml:"isDefaultRedactor"`
 }
 
 func Redact(input []byte, path string, additionalRedactors []*troubleshootv1beta1.Redact) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ func buildAdditionalRedactors(path string, redacts []*troubleshootv1beta1.Redact
 		}
 
 		for j, re := range redact.Regex {
-			r, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(re, MASK_TEXT, path, redactorName(i, j, redact.Name, "regex"))
+			r, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(re, MASK_TEXT, path, redactorName(i, j, redact.Name, "regex"), false)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "redactor %q", re)
 			}
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ func buildAdditionalRedactors(path string, redacts []*troubleshootv1beta1.Redact
 		}
 
 		for j, re := range redact.MultiLine {
-			r, err := NewMultiLineRedactor(re.Selector, re.Redactor, MASK_TEXT, path, redactorName(i, j, redact.Name, "multiLine"))
+			r, err := NewMultiLineRedactor(re.Selector, re.Redactor, MASK_TEXT, path, redactorName(i, j, redact.Name, "multiLine"), false)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "multiline redactor %+v", re)
 			}
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ func getRedactors(path string) ([]Redactor, error) {
 
 	redactors := make([]Redactor, 0)
 	for _, re := range singleLines {
-		r, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(re.regex, MASK_TEXT, path, re.name)
+		r, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(re.regex, MASK_TEXT, path, re.name, true)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err // maybe skip broken ones?
 		}
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ func getRedactors(path string) ([]Redactor, error) {
 	}
 
 	for _, l := range doubleLines {
-		r, err := NewMultiLineRedactor(l.line1, l.line2, MASK_TEXT, path, l.name)
+		r, err := NewMultiLineRedactor(l.line1, l.line2, MASK_TEXT, path, l.name, true)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err // maybe skip broken ones?
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/redact/single_line.go b/pkg/redact/single_line.go
index 3a43151f..a4306940 100644
--- a/pkg/redact/single_line.go
+++ b/pkg/redact/single_line.go
@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@ type SingleLineRedactor struct {
 	maskText   string
 	filePath   string
 	redactName string
+	isDefault  bool
 }
 
-func NewSingleLineRedactor(re, maskText, path, name string) (*SingleLineRedactor, error) {
+func NewSingleLineRedactor(re, maskText, path, name string, isDefault bool) (*SingleLineRedactor, error) {
 	compiled, err := regexp.Compile(re)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return &SingleLineRedactor{re: compiled, maskText: maskText, filePath: path, redactName: name}, nil
+	return &SingleLineRedactor{re: compiled, maskText: maskText, filePath: path, redactName: name, isDefault: isDefault}, nil
 }
 
 func (r *SingleLineRedactor) Redact(input io.Reader) io.Reader {
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ func (r *SingleLineRedactor) Redact(input io.Reader) io.Reader {
 					CharactersRemoved: len(line) - len(clean),
 					Line:              lineNum,
 					File:              r.filePath,
+					IsDefaultRedactor: r.isDefault,
 				})
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/redact/single_line_test.go b/pkg/redact/single_line_test.go
index 0d56895d..41f0c184 100644
--- a/pkg/redact/single_line_test.go
+++ b/pkg/redact/single_line_test.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func TestNewSingleLineRedactor(t *testing.T) {
 			defer scopetest.End()
 
 			req := require.New(t)
-			reRunner, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(tt.re, MASK_TEXT, "testfile", tt.name)
+			reRunner, err := NewSingleLineRedactor(tt.re, MASK_TEXT, "testfile", tt.name, false)
 			req.NoError(err)
 
 			outReader := reRunner.Redact(bytes.NewReader([]byte(tt.inputString)))
diff --git a/pkg/redact/yaml.go b/pkg/redact/yaml.go
index a88c1e13..8167de7e 100644
--- a/pkg/redact/yaml.go
+++ b/pkg/redact/yaml.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ type YamlRedactor struct {
 	foundMatch bool
 	filePath   string
 	redactName string
+	isDefault  bool
 }
 
 func NewYamlRedactor(yamlPath, filePath, name string) *YamlRedactor {
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ func (r *YamlRedactor) Redact(input io.Reader) io.Reader {
 			CharactersRemoved: len(doc) - len(newBytes),
 			Line:              0, // line 0 because we have no way to tell what line was impacted
 			File:              r.filePath,
+			IsDefaultRedactor: r.isDefault,
 		})
 
 		return