diff --git a/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
index 49259f21eec..af9563ecabd 100644
--- a/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 ### Additional information
 
 - Container Inspect Output (if applicable) via `dokku ps:inspect APP_NAME`
-- `cat /home/dokku/<app>/nginx.conf` (if applicable):
+- The nginx configuration (if applicable) via `dokku nginx:show-conf`
 - Link to the exact repository being deployed (if possible/applicable):
 - If a deploy is failing or behaving unexpectedly:
   - Application name
diff --git a/docs/configuration/nginx.md b/docs/configuration/nginx.md
index ebdc9d83049..afc4972fb92 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/nginx.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/nginx.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Dokku uses nginx as its server for routing requests to specific applications. By
 nginx:access-logs <app> [-t]             # Show the nginx access logs for an application (-t follows)
 nginx:build-config <app>                 # (Re)builds nginx config for given app
 nginx:error-logs <app> [-t]              # Show the nginx error logs for an application (-t follows)
+nginx:show-conf <app>                    # Display app nginx config
 nginx:validate [<app>] [--clean]         # Validates and optionally cleans up invalid nginx configurations
 ```
 
@@ -45,6 +46,14 @@ In certain cases, your app nginx configs may drift from the correct config for y
 dokku nginx:build-config node-js-app
 ```
 
+## Showing the nginx config
+
+For debugging purposes, it may be useful to show the nginx config. This can be achieved via the `nginx:show-conf` command.
+
+```shell
+dokku nginx:show-conf node-js-app
+```
+
 ## Validating nginx configs
 
 It may be desired to validate an nginx config outside of the deployment process. To do so, run the `nginx:validate` command. With no arguments, this will validate all app nginx configs, one at a time. A minimal wrapper nginx config is generated for each app's nginx config, upon which `nginx -t` will be run.
diff --git a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/internal-functions b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/internal-functions
index 4fef273f0f8..7dfc3205a73 100755
--- a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/internal-functions
+++ b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/internal-functions
@@ -109,9 +109,10 @@ nginx_vhosts_conf_clean_func() {
 nginx_vhosts_help_content_func() {
   declare desc="return nginx plugin help content"
   cat <<help_content
-    nginx:build-config <app>, (Re)builds nginx config for given app
     nginx:access-logs <app> [-t], Show the nginx access logs for an application (-t follows)
+    nginx:build-config <app>, (Re)builds nginx config for given app
     nginx:error-logs <app> [-t], Show the nginx error logs for an application (-t follows)
+    nginx:show-conf <app>, Display app nginx config
     nginx:validate [<app>] [--clean], Validates and optionally cleans up invalid nginx configurations
 help_content
 }
diff --git a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/subcommands/show-conf b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/subcommands/show-conf
index e4de915d4f6..7c3630c006a 100755
--- a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/subcommands/show-conf
+++ b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/subcommands/show-conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -eo pipefail
 source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/functions"
 
 nginx_show_conf_cmd() {
-  declare desc="display app nginx conf"
+  declare desc="display app nginx config"
   declare cmd="nginx:show-conf" argv=("$@")
   [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
   declare APP="$1"