Index: wp-admin/setup-config.php
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--- wp-admin/setup-config.php	(revision 28593)
+++ wp-admin/setup-config.php	(working copy)
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 		</tr>
 		<tr>
 			<th scope="row"><label for="pwd"><?php _e( 'Password' ); ?></label></th>
-			<td><input name="pwd" id="pwd" type="text" size="25" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars( _x( 'password', 'example password' ), ENT_QUOTES ); ?>" /></td>
+			<td><input name="pwd" id="pwd" type="password" size="25" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars( _x( 'password', 'example password' ), ENT_QUOTES ); ?>" /></td>
 			<td><?php _e( '&hellip;and your MySQL password.' ); ?></td>
 		</tr>
 		<tr>