diff --git a/.changes/config.json b/.changes/config.json
index 1cff960aa..77134069f 100644
--- a/.changes/config.json
+++ b/.changes/config.json
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
       "path": "./tooling/cli.rs",
       "manager": "rust",
       "dependencies": ["tauri-bundler"],
-      "postversion": "node ../../.scripts/covector/generate-cli-doc.js && cargo check"
+      "postversion": "node ../../.scripts/covector/generate-cli-doc.js && node ../../.scripts/covector/generate-config-doc.js && cargo check"
     },
     "create-tauri-app": {
       "path": "./tooling/create-tauri-app",
diff --git a/.scripts/covector/generate-config-doc.js b/.scripts/covector/generate-config-doc.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2264b8043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.scripts/covector/generate-config-doc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+const fs = require('fs')
+const path = require('path')
+const schema = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('tooling/cli.rs/schema.json').toString())
+const templatePath = path.join(__dirname, '../../docs/.templates/config.md')
+const targetPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../docs/api/config.md')
+const template = fs.readFileSync(templatePath, 'utf8')
+
+function formatDescription(description) {
+  return description ?
+    description
+    .replace(/`/g, '\\`')
+    .replace(/\n/g, ' ')
+    .replace(/  /g, ' ')
+    .replace(/{/g, '\\{')
+    .replace(/}/g, '\\}') :
+    ''
+}
+
+function generatePropertiesEl(schema, anchorRoot, definition, tab) {
+  const previousTabLevel = tab.replace('  ', '')
+  const fields = [`anchorRoot="${anchorRoot}"`]
+
+  if (definition.additionalProperties) {
+    fields.push(`type="${definition.type}"`)
+    fields.push(`description="${formatDescription(definition.description)}"`)
+  }
+
+  const rows = []
+  for (const propertyName in definition.properties) {
+    const property = definition.properties[propertyName]
+    if ('type' in property) {
+      let type
+      if ('items' in property) {
+        if (property.items.type) {
+          type = `${property.items.type}[]`
+        } else {
+          const typeName = property.items.$ref.replace('#/definitions/', '')
+          const propDefinition = schema.definitions[typeName]
+          const propertyEl = generatePropertiesEl(schema, `${anchorRoot}.${propertyName}`, propDefinition, `${tab}  `)
+          rows.push({
+            property: propertyName,
+            optional: ('default' in property) || property.type.includes('null'),
+            type: `${typeName}[]`,
+            description: property.description,
+            child: `<Array type="${typeName}">\n${tab}${propertyEl}\n${previousTabLevel}</Array>`
+          })
+          continue
+        }
+      } else if (Array.isArray(property.type)) {
+        type = property.type.join(' | ')
+      } else {
+        type = property.type
+      }
+      rows.push({
+        property: propertyName,
+        optional: true,
+        type,
+        description: property.description,
+        default: property.default
+      })
+    } else if ('anyOf' in property) {
+      const subType = property.anyOf[0].$ref.replace('#/definitions/', '')
+      const propDefinition = schema.definitions[subType]
+      const propertyEl = generatePropertiesEl(schema, `${anchorRoot}.${propertyName}`, propDefinition, `${tab}  `)
+      rows.push({
+        property: propertyName,
+        optional: property.anyOf.length > 1 && property.anyOf[1].type === 'null',
+        type: subType,
+        description: property.description,
+        child: propertyEl
+      })
+    } else if ('allOf' in property) {
+      const subType = property.allOf[0].$ref.replace('#/definitions/', '')
+      const propDefinition = schema.definitions[subType]
+      const propertyEl = propDefinition.properties ? generatePropertiesEl(schema, `${anchorRoot}.${propertyName}`, propDefinition, `${tab}  `) : undefined
+      rows.push({
+        property: propertyName,
+        optional: 'default' in property,
+        type: property.type || subType,
+        description: property.description,
+        child: propertyEl
+      })
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (rows.length > 0) {
+    const serializedRows = rows
+      .map(row => {
+        const fields = [`property: "${row.property}"`, `optional: ${row.optional}`, `type: "${row.type}"`, `description: \`${formatDescription(row.description)}\``]
+        if (row.child) {
+          fields.push(`child: ${row.child}`)
+        }
+        return `{ ${fields.join(', ')} },`
+      })
+      .join(`\n${tab}`)
+    fields.push(`rows={[\n${tab}${serializedRows}\n${previousTabLevel}]}`)
+  } else {
+    fields.push('rows={[]}')
+  }
+
+  return `<Properties ${fields.join(' ')}/>`
+}
+
+const output = []
+
+for (const propertyName in schema.properties) {
+  const property = schema.properties[propertyName]
+  const definitionName = property.allOf[0].$ref.replace('#/definitions/', '')
+  const definition = schema.definitions[definitionName]
+  let contents = `## \`${propertyName}\`\n\n${generatePropertiesEl(schema, propertyName, definition, '  ')}`
+  output.push(contents)
+}
+
+fs.writeFileSync(targetPath, template.replace('{properties}', output.join('\n\n')))
diff --git a/docs/.templates/config.md b/docs/.templates/config.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d9d2391c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/.templates/config.md
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+---
+title: Configuration
+---
+
+import Properties from '@theme/Properties'
+import Array from '@theme/Array'
+import Alert from '@theme/Alert'
+
+The `tauri.conf.json` is a file generated by the `tauri init` command (see <a href="/docs/api/cli#tauri-init">here</a>) that lives in your Tauri application source directory (src-tauri).
+
+Once generated, you may modify it at will to customize your Tauri application.
+
+# Platform-specific configuration
+
+In addition to the JSON defined on the `tauri.conf.json` file, Tauri reads a platform-specific configuration on `tauri.linux.conf.json`, `tauri.windows.conf.json` and `tauri.macos.conf.json` and merges it with the main `tauri.conf.json` configuration.
+
+# Configuration structure
+
+`tauri.conf.json` is composed of the following properties:
+
+{properties}
+
+<!-- Dirty trick to have an anchor without make it appear in the table of contents -->
+<div id="bootstrapper"></div>
+
+<Alert title="bootstrapper script">
+Instead of launching the app directly, we configure the bundled app to run a script that tries to expose the environment variables to the app; without that you'll have trouble using system CLI apps like Node.js.
+</Alert>
+
+```js title=Example
+"tauri": {
+  "cli": {
+    "description": "Tauri communication example",
+    "longDescription": null,
+    "beforeHelp": null,
+    "afterHelp": null,
+    "args": [{
+      "short": "c",
+      "name": "config",
+      "takesValue": true,
+      "description": "Config path"
+    }, {
+      "short": "t",
+      "name": "theme",
+      "takesValue": true,
+      "description": "App theme",
+      "possibleValues": ["light", "dark", "system"]
+    }, {
+      "short": "v",
+      "name": "verbose",
+      "multipleOccurrences": true,
+      "description": "Verbosity level"
+    }],
+    "subcommands": {
+      "update": {
+        "description": "Updates the app",
+        "longDescription": null,
+        "beforeHelp": null,
+        "afterHelp": null,
+        "args": [{
+          "short": "b",
+          "name": "background",
+          "description": "Update in background"
+        }],
+        "subcommands": null
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "bundle": {
+    "active": true,
+    "targets": ["deb"],
+    "identifier": "com.tauri.dev",
+    "icon": ["icons/32x32.png", "icons/128x128.png", "icons/128x128@2x.png", "icons/icon.icns", "icons/icon.ico"],
+    "resources": [],
+    "externalBin": [],
+    "copyright": "",
+    "category": "DeveloperTool",
+    "shortDescription": "",
+    "longDescription": "",
+    "deb": {
+      "depends": []
+    },
+    "macOS": {
+      "frameworks": [],
+      "minimumSystemVersion": "",
+      "exceptionDomain": ""
+    }
+  },
+  "allowlist": {
+    "all": true
+  },
+  "windows": [{
+    "title": "Tauri App",
+    "width": 800,
+    "height": 600,
+    "resizable": true,
+    "fullscreen": false
+  }],
+  "security": {
+    "csp": "default-src blob: data: filesystem: ws: wss: http: https: tauri: 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline' 'self'"
+  }
+}
+```
diff --git a/tooling/cli.rs/config_definition.rs b/tooling/cli.rs/config_definition.rs
index 54ed08a6c..48648f655 100644
--- a/tooling/cli.rs/config_definition.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli.rs/config_definition.rs
@@ -841,8 +841,6 @@ fn default_dist_dir() -> AppUrl {
   AppUrl::Url("../dist".to_string())
 }
 
-type JsonObject = HashMap<String, JsonValue>;
-
 /// The tauri.conf.json mapper.
 #[skip_serializing_none]
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, JsonSchema)]
@@ -859,9 +857,13 @@ pub struct Config {
   pub build: BuildConfig,
   /// The plugins config.
   #[serde(default)]
-  pub plugins: HashMap<String, JsonObject>,
+  pub plugins: PluginConfig,
 }
 
+/// The plugin configs holds a HashMap mapping a plugin name to its configuration object.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize, JsonSchema)]
+pub struct PluginConfig(pub HashMap<String, JsonValue>);
+
 fn default_build() -> BuildConfig {
   BuildConfig {
     runner: None,
diff --git a/tooling/cli.rs/schema.json b/tooling/cli.rs/schema.json
index 4210d79be..6d1a4f33c 100644
--- a/tooling/cli.rs/schema.json
+++ b/tooling/cli.rs/schema.json
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
     "plugins": {
       "description": "The plugins config.",
       "default": {},
-      "type": "object",
-      "additionalProperties": {
-        "type": "object",
-        "additionalProperties": true
-      }
+      "allOf": [
+        {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/PluginConfig"
+        }
+      ]
     },
     "tauri": {
       "description": "The Tauri configuration.",
@@ -954,6 +954,11 @@
       },
       "additionalProperties": false
     },
+    "PluginConfig": {
+      "description": "The plugin configs holds a HashMap mapping a plugin name to its configuration object.",
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": true
+    },
     "SecurityConfig": {
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {