diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 0485f9eb9..1ab35fc29 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
     * PR #1247: Fix edge case in plugin compat (Sawyer X)
 
     [ ENHANCEMENTS ]
-    * None
+    * GH #769, PR #829, #1662: Rename show_errors as show_stacktrace
+      (Nuno Ramos Carvalho, Sawyer X)
 
     [ DOCUMENTATION ]
     * GH #1657: Fix the Dancer2::DeprecationPolicy abstract (Jason A. Crome)
diff --git a/lib/Dancer2/Config.pod b/lib/Dancer2/Config.pod
index 73d794311..48ca1a03a 100644
--- a/lib/Dancer2/Config.pod
+++ b/lib/Dancer2/Config.pod
@@ -405,6 +405,12 @@ shown below.
 
 =head3 show_errors (boolean)
 
+Deprecated configuration.
+
+Use C<show_stacktrace> described below instead.
+
+=head3 show_stacktrace (boolean)
+
 If set to true, Dancer2 will render a detailed debug screen whenever an
 error is caught. If set to false, Dancer2 will render the default error
 page, using C<$public/$error_code.html> if it exists, C<$views/$error_code.tt> or the template specified
@@ -412,7 +418,7 @@ by the C<error_template> setting.
 
 The error screen attempts to sanitise sensitive looking information
 (passwords / card numbers in the request, etc) but you still should not have
-show_errors enabled whilst in production, as there is still a risk of
+show_stacktrace enabled whilst in production, as there is still a risk of
 divulging details.
 
 =head3 error_template (template path)
diff --git a/lib/Dancer2/Cookbook.pod b/lib/Dancer2/Cookbook.pod
index 7370fc2a3..6152ea4a9 100644
--- a/lib/Dancer2/Cookbook.pod
+++ b/lib/Dancer2/Cookbook.pod
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ In your C<config.yaml>:
         Baz : 0
 
 In your main route controller:
-    
+
     use Dancer2;
     use Module::Runtime 'require_module';
 
diff --git a/lib/Dancer2/Core/Error.pm b/lib/Dancer2/Core/Error.pm
index a67f898d3..840a44fdd 100644
--- a/lib/Dancer2/Core/Error.pm
+++ b/lib/Dancer2/Core/Error.pm
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ has app => (
     predicate => 'has_app',
 );
 
-has show_errors => (
+has show_stacktrace => (
     is      => 'ro',
     isa     => Bool,
     default => sub {
         my $self = shift;
 
         $self->has_app
-            and return $self->app->setting('show_errors');
+            and return $self->app->setting('show_stacktrace');
     },
 );
 
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ sub default_error_page {
     my $uri_base = $self->has_app && $self->app->has_request ?
         $self->app->request->uri_base : '';
 
-    # GH#1001 stack trace if show_errors is true and this is a 'server' error (5xx)
-    my $show_fullmsg = $self->show_errors && $self->status =~ /^5/;
+    # GH#1001 stack trace if show_stacktrace is true and this is a 'server' error (5xx)
+    my $show_fullmsg = $self->show_stacktrace && $self->status =~ /^5/;
     my $opts = {
         title    => $self->title,
         charset  => $self->charset,
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ sub _build_content {
         return $content if defined $content;
     }
 
-    # It doesn't make sense to return a static page for a 500 if show_errors is on
-    if ( !($self->show_errors && $self->status eq '500') ) {
+    # It doesn't make sense to return a static page for a 500 if show_stacktrace is on
+    if ( !($self->show_stacktrace && $self->status eq '500') ) {
          if ( my $content = $self->static_page ) {
              return $content;
          }
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ Create a new Dancer2::Core::Error object. For available arguments see ATTRIBUTES
 
 =method supported_hooks ();
 
-=attr show_errors
+=attr show_stacktrace
 
 =attr charset
 
diff --git a/lib/Dancer2/Manual.pod b/lib/Dancer2/Manual.pod
index 0d48d38ea..a6d10b81e 100644
--- a/lib/Dancer2/Manual.pod
+++ b/lib/Dancer2/Manual.pod
@@ -818,11 +818,14 @@ it's used to report the error.
 
 =item * Next, looks in the C<public/> directory for a corresponding HTML file
 matching the error code (e.g. C<500.html> or C<404.html>). If such a file
-exists, it's used to report the error. (Note, however, that if B<show_errors>
+exists, it's used to report the error. (Note, however, that if B<show_stacktrace>
 is set to true, in the case of a 500 error the static HTML page will not be
 shown, but will be replaced with a default error page containing more
 informative diagnostics. For more information see L<Dancer2::Config>.)
 
+(In older versions, B<show_errors> was used instead of B<show_stacktrace>.
+Both are supported, but B<show_errors> is deprecated.)
+
 =item * As default, render a generic error page on the fly.
 
 =back
@@ -834,7 +837,7 @@ error page with the HTTP status code 500.
 
 It's possible either to display the content of the error message or to hide
 it with a generic error page. This is a choice left to the end-user and can
-be controlled with the B<show_errors> setting (see above).
+be controlled with the B<show_stacktrace> setting (see above).
 
 =head2 Error Hooks
 
@@ -1446,14 +1449,14 @@ file:
     # appdir/environments/development.yml
     log: 'debug'
     startup_info: 1
-    show_errors:  1
+    show_stacktrace:  1
 
 And in a production one:
 
     # appdir/environments/production.yml
     log: 'warning'
     startup_info: 0
-    show_errors:  0
+    show_stacktrace:  0
 
 Please note that you are not limited to writing configuration files in YAML.
 Dancer2 supports any file format that is supported by L<Config::Any>, such
diff --git a/lib/Dancer2/Tutorial.pod b/lib/Dancer2/Tutorial.pod
index 07a5b7312..d0675fb74 100644
--- a/lib/Dancer2/Tutorial.pod
+++ b/lib/Dancer2/Tutorial.pod
@@ -431,13 +431,13 @@ session handler and initialize a session manager. To do that, we add some
 configuration directives toward the top of our 'dancr.pl' file.  But there are
 more options than just the session engine we want to set.
 
-    set 'database'     => File::Spec->catfile(File::Spec->tmpdir(), 'dancr.db');
-    set 'session'      => 'Simple';
-    set 'template'     => 'template_toolkit';
-    set 'logger'       => 'console';
-    set 'log'          => 'debug';
-    set 'show_errors'  => 1;
-    set 'startup_info' => 1;
+    set 'database'        => File::Spec->catfile(File::Spec->tmpdir(), 'dancr.db');
+    set 'session'         => 'Simple';
+    set 'template'        => 'template_toolkit';
+    set 'logger'          => 'console';
+    set 'log'             => 'debug';
+    set 'show_stacktrace' => 1;
+    set 'startup_info'    => 1;
 
 Hopefully these are fairly self-explanatory. We want the Simple session
 engine, the Template Toolkit template engine, logging enabled (at the
@@ -680,16 +680,16 @@ Here's the complete 'dancr.pl' script from start to finish.
     use File::Slurper qw/ read_text /;
     use Template;
 
-    set 'database'     => File::Spec->catfile(File::Spec->tmpdir(), 'dancr.db');
-    set 'session'      => 'Simple';
-    set 'template'     => 'template_toolkit';
-    set 'logger'       => 'console';
-    set 'log'          => 'debug';
-    set 'show_errors'  => 1;
-    set 'startup_info' => 1;
-    set 'username'     => 'admin';
-    set 'password'     => 'password';
-    set 'layout'       => 'main';
+    set 'database'        => File::Spec->catfile(File::Spec->tmpdir(), 'dancr.db');
+    set 'session'         => 'Simple';
+    set 'template'        => 'template_toolkit';
+    set 'logger'          => 'console';
+    set 'log'             => 'debug';
+    set 'show_stacktrace' => 1;
+    set 'startup_info'    => 1;
+    set 'username'        => 'admin';
+    set 'password'        => 'password';
+    set 'layout'          => 'main';
 
     sub set_flash {
         my $message = shift;
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ the following five settings sprinkled throughout:
 
     logger: "console"
     log: "core"
-    show_errors: 1
+    show_stacktrace: 1
     startup_info: 1
 
 The first four settings duplicate many of the settings in our new Dancr2 app. So
diff --git a/share/skel/environments/development.yml b/share/skel/environments/development.yml
index bf826db3e..101f5e9e0 100644
--- a/share/skel/environments/development.yml
+++ b/share/skel/environments/development.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ log: "core"
 # should Dancer2 show a stacktrace when an 5xx error is caught?
 # if set to yes, public/500.html will be ignored and either
 # views/500.tt, 'error_template' template, or a default error template will be used.
-show_errors: 1
+show_stacktrace: 1
 
 # print the banner
 startup_info: 1
diff --git a/share/skel/environments/production.yml b/share/skel/environments/production.yml
index d86c30c30..a78482acd 100644
--- a/share/skel/environments/production.yml
+++ b/share/skel/environments/production.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ log: "warning"
 logger: "file"
 
 # hide errors
-show_errors: 0
+show_stacktrace: 0
 
 # disable server tokens in production environments
 no_server_tokens: 1
diff --git a/t/app.t b/t/app.t
index 1081d2a9e..6fe332a9c 100644
--- a/t/app.t
+++ b/t/app.t
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use File::Spec;
 
 # our app/dispatcher object
 my $app = Dancer2::Core::App->new( name => 'main', );
-$app->setting( show_errors => 1 ); # enable show errors
+$app->setting( show_stacktrace => 1 ); # enable show stacktrace
 my $dispatcher = Dancer2::Core::Dispatcher->new( apps => [$app] );
 
 # first basic tests
diff --git a/t/config/config.yml b/t/config/config.yml
index 032820baf..d54d487ee 100644
--- a/t/config/config.yml
+++ b/t/config/config.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 main: 1
 charset: 'UTF-8'
-show_errors: 1
+show_stacktrace: 1
 
 application:
    some_feature: foo
diff --git a/t/config/environments/production.yml b/t/config/environments/production.yml
index 116061c8c..175369765 100644
--- a/t/config/environments/production.yml
+++ b/t/config/environments/production.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-show_errors: 0
+show_stacktrace: 0
 logger: "console"
diff --git a/t/config/environments/staging.json b/t/config/environments/staging.json
index 2fdea433e..7e076cbe4 100644
--- a/t/config/environments/staging.json
+++ b/t/config/environments/staging.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
     "main": "1",
     "charset": 'UTF-8',
-    "show_errors": "1"
+    "show_stacktrace": "1"
 }
diff --git a/t/config2/config.yml b/t/config2/config.yml
index 14472e882..c1e4c6001 100644
--- a/t/config2/config.yml
+++ b/t/config2/config.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 main: 1
 charset: 'UTF-8'
-show_errors: 1
+show_stacktrace: 1
 
 application:
    feature_1: foo
diff --git a/t/config_reader.t b/t/config_reader.t
index 5dd4065e2..3426ba73c 100644
--- a/t/config_reader.t
+++ b/t/config_reader.t
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ is_deeply $m->config->{application},
 
 note "config parsing";
 
-is $f->config->{show_errors}, 0;
+is $f->config->{show_stacktrace}, 0;
 is $f->config->{main},        1;
 is $f->config->{charset},     'utf-8', "normalized UTF-8 to utf-8";
 
diff --git a/t/dispatcher.t b/t/dispatcher.t
index cbda6ad3e..243879502 100644
--- a/t/dispatcher.t
+++ b/t/dispatcher.t
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ my $buffer = {};
 my $app = Dancer2::Core::App->new( name => 'main' );
 
 $app->setting( logger      => engine('logger') );
-$app->setting( show_errors => 1 );
+$app->setting( show_stacktrace => 1 );
 
 # a simple / route
 my $simple_route = $app->add_route(
diff --git a/t/dsl/content.t b/t/dsl/content.t
index 68e5f5d1e..d3455bc24 100644
--- a/t/dsl/content.t
+++ b/t/dsl/content.t
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ my $logger;
 {
     package App::ContentFail; ## no critic
     use Dancer2;
-    set show_errors => 1;
+    set show_stacktrace => 1;
     set logger      => 'Capture';
 
     $logger = app->engine('logger');
diff --git a/t/dsl/error_template.t b/t/dsl/error_template.t
index c583b518c..b15f202a7 100644
--- a/t/dsl/error_template.t
+++ b/t/dsl/error_template.t
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use Ref::Util qw<is_coderef>;
     package StandardError;
 
     use Dancer2;
-    set show_errors => 1;
+    set show_stacktrace => 1;
 
     get '/no_template' => sub {
         send_error "oopsie", 404;
diff --git a/t/error.t b/t/error.t
index 6eca11905..caadff4c4 100644
--- a/t/error.t
+++ b/t/error.t
@@ -123,24 +123,24 @@ subtest 'Throwing an error with a response' => sub {
 
     my $err = eval { Dancer2::Core::Error->new(
         exception   => 'our exception',
-        show_errors => 1
+        show_stacktrace => 1
     )->throw($resp) };
       
     isa_ok($err, 'Dancer2::Core::Response', "Error->throw() accepts a response");
 };
 
-subtest 'Error with show_errors: 0' => sub {
+subtest 'Error with show_stacktrace: 0' => sub {
     my $err = Dancer2::Core::Error->new(
-        exception   => 'our exception',
-        show_errors => 0
+        exception       => 'our exception',
+        show_stacktrace => 0
     )->throw;
     unlike $err->content => qr/our exception/;
 };
 
-subtest 'Error with show_errors: 1' => sub {
+subtest 'Error with show_stacktrace: 1' => sub {
     my $err = Dancer2::Core::Error->new(
-        exception   => 'our exception',
-        show_errors => 1
+        exception       => 'our exception',
+        show_stacktrace => 1
     )->throw;
     like $err->content => qr/our exception/;
 };
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ subtest 'Error with exception object' => sub {
     local $@;
     eval { MyTestException->throw('a test exception object') };
     my $err = Dancer2::Core::Error->new(
-        exception   => $@,
-        show_errors => 1,
+        exception       => $@,
+        show_stacktrace => 1,
     )->throw;
 
     like $err->content, qr/a test exception object/, 'Error content contains exception message';
@@ -201,11 +201,11 @@ subtest 'Errors without server tokens' => sub {
     is( $r->header('server'), undef, "No server header when no_server_tokens => 1" );
 };
 
-subtest 'Errors with show_errors and circular references' => sub {
+subtest 'Errors with show_stacktrace and circular references' => sub {
     {
         package App::ShowErrorsCircRef;
         use Dancer2;
-        set show_errors           => 1;
+        set show_stacktrace           => 1;
         set something_with_config => {something => config};
         set password              => '===VERY-UNIQUE-STRING===';
         set innocent_thing        => '===VERY-INNOCENT-STRING===';
diff --git a/t/issues/gh-1070.t b/t/issues/gh-1070.t
index b8fa499a5..e9a28fe1b 100644
--- a/t/issues/gh-1070.t
+++ b/t/issues/gh-1070.t
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use HTTP::Request::Common;
 {
     package App;
     use Dancer2;
-    set show_errors => 1;
+    set show_stacktrace => 1;
 }
 
 my $test = Plack::Test->create( App->to_app );
diff --git a/t/issues/gh-1098.t b/t/issues/gh-1098.t
index aed9eb756..10e1cf3cc 100644
--- a/t/issues/gh-1098.t
+++ b/t/issues/gh-1098.t
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ subtest 'Core::Error serializer isa tests' => sub {
 
     is exception { Dancer2::Core::Error->new }, undef, "Error->new lived";
 
-    like exception { Dancer2::Core::Error->new(show_errors => []) },
+    like exception { Dancer2::Core::Error->new(show_stacktrace => []) },
     qr/Reference \Q[]\E did not pass type constraint "Bool"/i,
-      "Error->new(show_errors => []) died";
+      "Error->new(show_stacktrace => []) died";
 
     is exception {
         Dancer2::Core::Error->new(serializer => undef)
diff --git a/t/session_bad_client_cookie.t b/t/session_bad_client_cookie.t
index 7d223260d..0486a2f15 100644
--- a/t/session_bad_client_cookie.t
+++ b/t/session_bad_client_cookie.t
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ use HTTP::Cookies;
     };
 
     set session     => 'Simple';
-    set show_errors => 1;
+    set show_stacktrace => 1;
 
     get '/set_session/*' => sub {
         my ($name) = splat;
diff --git a/t/session_engines.t b/t/session_engines.t
index d0ae52d5d..4fc3a0840 100644
--- a/t/session_engines.t
+++ b/t/session_engines.t
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ BEGIN {
     setting session => 'Simple';
 
     set(
-        show_errors  => 1,
-        environment  => 'production',
+        show_stacktrace  => 1,
+        environment      => 'production',
     );
 }
 
diff --git a/t/session_hooks.t b/t/session_hooks.t
index 701b156a2..20940ccfc 100644
--- a/t/session_hooks.t
+++ b/t/session_hooks.t
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ my $test_flags = {};
     use Dancer2;
 
     set(
-        show_errors => 1,
-        envoriment  => 'production'
+        show_stacktrace => 1,
+        envoriment      => 'production'
     );
 
     setting( session => 'Simple' );
diff --git a/t/session_hooks_no_change_id.t b/t/session_hooks_no_change_id.t
index 3a733a139..5f83a8497 100644
--- a/t/session_hooks_no_change_id.t
+++ b/t/session_hooks_no_change_id.t
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ my $test_flags = {};
     use Dancer2;
 
     set(
-        show_errors => 1,
+        show_stacktrace => 1,
         envoriment  => 'production'
     );
 
diff --git a/t/session_lifecycle.t b/t/session_lifecycle.t
index 644e6cc92..6642adb43 100644
--- a/t/session_lifecycle.t
+++ b/t/session_lifecycle.t
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ use lib 't/lib';
     package App;
     use Dancer2;
 
-    set session     => 'Simple';
-    set show_errors => 1;
+    set session         => 'Simple';
+    set show_stacktrace => 1;
 
     get '/no_session_data' => sub {
         return "session not modified";