diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 7e25d62e8..af495f903 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -194,3 +194,4 @@ suggestions:
   Scott Kroll
   Kosta H
   Hector Arciga
+  Renato Alves
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 19f9ade52..3dcf26325 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 2.4.0 () -
 
 Features
+ + #1492 task show to display default values when appropriate (thanks to Renato
+         Alves).
  + Removed deprecated 'echo.command' setting, in favor of the 'header' and
    'affected' verbosity tokens.
  + Removed deprecated 'edit.verbose' setting, in favor of the 'edit' verbosity
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c15164756..a2e310ba9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 New Features in taskwarrior 2.4.0
 
+  - The 'show' command displays default configuration values, when appropriate.
   - Removed deprecated commands 'push', 'pull' and 'merge'.
 
 New commands in taskwarrior 2.4.0
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp b/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
index 80b34fa79..cd3f65e25 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
@@ -295,6 +295,14 @@ int CmdShow::execute (std::string& output)
       int row = view.addRow ();
       view.set (row, 0, i->first, color);
       view.set (row, 1, value, color);
+
+      if (default_config[i->first] != value &&
+          default_config[i->first] != "")
+      {
+        row = view.addRow ();
+        view.set (row, 0, std::string ("  ") + STRING_CMD_SHOW_CONF_DEFAULT, color);
+        view.set (row, 1, default_config[i->first], color);
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/en-US.h b/src/en-US.h
index 5e74af37f..57b33ead1 100644
--- a/src/en-US.h
+++ b/src/en-US.h
@@ -763,6 +763,7 @@
 #define STRING_CMD_SHOW_LOC_EXIST    "Configuration error: data.location contains a directory name that doesn't exist, or is unreadable."
 #define STRING_CMD_SHOW_CONF_VAR     "Config Variable"
 #define STRING_CMD_SHOW_CONF_VALUE   "Value"
+#define STRING_CMD_SHOW_CONF_DEFAULT "Default value"
 #define STRING_CMD_SHOWRAW           "Shows all configuration settings in a machine-readable format"
 
 // Task
diff --git a/src/es-ES.h b/src/es-ES.h
index 6665f8ec3..acaa46330 100644
--- a/src/es-ES.h
+++ b/src/es-ES.h
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@
 #define STRING_CMD_SHOW_LOC_EXIST    "Error de configuración: data.location contiene un nombre de directorio que no existe o no se puede leer."
 #define STRING_CMD_SHOW_CONF_VAR     "Variable Config"
 #define STRING_CMD_SHOW_CONF_VALUE   "Valor"
+#define STRING_CMD_SHOW_CONF_DEFAULT "Default value"
 #define STRING_CMD_SHOWRAW           "Muestra todas las variables de configuración en un formato legible por la máquina"
 
 // Task
diff --git a/src/fr-FR.h b/src/fr-FR.h
index 780c4bf7c..23c0d31e0 100644
--- a/src/fr-FR.h
+++ b/src/fr-FR.h
@@ -763,6 +763,7 @@
 #define STRING_CMD_SHOW_LOC_EXIST    "Configuration error: data.location contains a directory name that doesn't exist, or is unreadable."
 #define STRING_CMD_SHOW_CONF_VAR     "Config Variable"
 #define STRING_CMD_SHOW_CONF_VALUE   "Value"
+#define STRING_CMD_SHOW_CONF_DEFAULT "Default value"
 #define STRING_CMD_SHOWRAW           "Shows all configuration settings in a machine-readable format"
 
 // Task
diff --git a/src/it-IT.h b/src/it-IT.h
index 710a2fdf5..4f83fd555 100644
--- a/src/it-IT.h
+++ b/src/it-IT.h
@@ -764,6 +764,7 @@
 #define STRING_CMD_SHOW_LOC_EXIST    "Errore di configurazione: data.location contiene una directory che non esiste o non è leggibile."
 #define STRING_CMD_SHOW_CONF_VAR     "Variabile di configurazione"
 #define STRING_CMD_SHOW_CONF_VALUE   "Valore"
+#define STRING_CMD_SHOW_CONF_DEFAULT "Default value"
 #define STRING_CMD_SHOWRAW           "Mostra le impostazioni di configurazione in formato processabile"
 
 // Task