diff --git a/src/wp-admin/setup-config.php b/src/wp-admin/setup-config.php
index 93e32e0b5e..27a392fdb5 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/setup-config.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/setup-config.php
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ switch ( $step ) {
 		</tr>
 		<tr>
 			<th scope="row"><label for="pwd"><?php _e( 'Password' ); ?></label></th>
-			<td><input name="pwd" id="pwd" type="text" aria-describedby="pwd-desc" size="25" placeholder="<?php echo htmlspecialchars( _x( 'password', 'example password' ), ENT_QUOTES ); ?>" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false" /></td>
+			<td><input name="pwd" id="pwd" type="password" aria-describedby="pwd-desc" size="25" placeholder="<?php echo htmlspecialchars( _x( 'password', 'example password' ), ENT_QUOTES ); ?>" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false" /></td>
 			<td id="pwd-desc"><?php _e( 'Your database password.' ); ?></td>
 		</tr>
 		<tr>