diff --git a/subprojects/diagnostics/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/tasks/diagnostics/PropertyReportTask.java b/subprojects/diagnostics/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/tasks/diagnostics/PropertyReportTask.java
index 5a852cc55e0f5..471f2e27171b7 100644
--- a/subprojects/diagnostics/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/tasks/diagnostics/PropertyReportTask.java
+++ b/subprojects/diagnostics/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/tasks/diagnostics/PropertyReportTask.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.options.Option;
 import org.gradle.internal.Pair;
 import org.gradle.internal.instrumentation.api.annotations.ToBeReplacedByLazyProperty;
+import org.gradle.internal.scan.UsedByScanPlugin;
 import org.gradle.work.DisableCachingByDefault;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
  * Displays the properties of a project. An instance of this type is used when you execute the {@code properties} task
  * from the command-line.
  */
+@UsedByScanPlugin("We use the class name to filter the console log to avoid showing secrets")
 @DisableCachingByDefault(because = "Not worth caching")
 public abstract class PropertyReportTask extends AbstractProjectBasedReportTask<PropertyReportTask.PropertyReportModel> {