diff --git a/docs/developer/api.md b/docs/developer/api.md
index 837d12e..82cbdd7 100644
--- a/docs/developer/api.md
+++ b/docs/developer/api.md
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ generic parse-length failure.
   modules. Labels, lengths, padding, diagnostics, and S types stay with their
   application; unknown HRPs remain opaque and there is no runtime registration.
 - Headers and artifacts are immutable; shares expose symbols, not bytes.
+- Artifact `str()` and `repr()` render redacted placeholders. Code that
+  intentionally serializes a validated `Share` or `Secret` must use its explicit
+  `.text` attribute.
 - Sharing interpolates payload and checksum together, explicitly constructs the
   target header, and reparses the result.
 - `generation.py` is the only entropy owner and generates only `ms` and `cl`.
diff --git a/docs/security/model.md b/docs/security/model.md
index 0ce515c..70cbbd8 100644
--- a/docs/security/model.md
+++ b/docs/security/model.md
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ lengths or interpret payload semantics.
 
 Only parsers and profile-specific factories construct immutable validated
 artifacts. A share has symbol semantics and cannot be converted to bytes.
+Default `str()` and `repr()` rendering of artifacts is redacted; callers must
+use `.text` explicitly when they intentionally need the serialized recovery
+string. This reduces accidental disclosure through logs and interpolation but
+does not make `.text` safe to expose.
 Registration adds semantics but is not required for generic parsing, recovery,
 derivation, or correction. Wallet and profile-specific generation APIs do not
 accept opaque artifacts or raw strings.
diff --git a/src/codex32/bip93.py b/src/codex32/bip93.py
index 02afad7..b73a3ff 100644
--- a/src/codex32/bip93.py
+++ b/src/codex32/bip93.py
@@ -134,17 +134,32 @@ def __init__(
         object.__setattr__(self, "payload_symbols", payload_symbols)
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
-        return self.text
+        return f"<{type(self).__name__}: redacted>"
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return f"{type(self).__name__}(<redacted>)"
 
     def __len__(self) -> int:
         return len(self.text)
 
 
 class Share(_Artifact):
+    """Validated codex32 share; use ``.text`` for the explicit serialized value.
+
+    ``str(share)`` and ``repr(share)`` are deliberately redacted so accidental
+    logging or interpolation does not disclose recovery material.
+    """
+
     __slots__ = ()
 
 
 class Secret(_Artifact):
+    """Validated codex32 secret; use ``.text`` for the explicit serialized value.
+
+    ``str(secret)`` and ``repr(secret)`` are deliberately redacted so accidental
+    logging or interpolation does not disclose recovery material.
+    """
+
     __slots__ = ()
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_public_api.py b/tests/test_public_api.py
index 21e7fca..12f906a 100644
--- a/tests/test_public_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_public_api.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from data.bip93_vectors import VECTOR_2
 
 import codex32
-from codex32 import Header, MasterSeed, Share, parse_codex32
+from codex32 import CorrectionCandidate, Header, MasterSeed, Share, parse_codex32
 from codex32.errors import InvalidIdentifier, InvalidShareIndex, InvalidThreshold
 
 
@@ -84,6 +84,27 @@ def test_artifacts_cannot_be_directly_constructed_or_mutated() -> None:
         share.header.identifier = "leak"  # type: ignore[misc]
 
 
+def test_artifact_default_rendering_does_not_disclose_recovery_text() -> None:
+    share = parse_codex32(VECTOR_2["share_A"])
+    candidate = CorrectionCandidate(share, (), 1, 0, 0, None)
+
+    assert share.text not in str(share)
+    assert share.text not in repr(share)
+    assert share.text not in repr(candidate)
+    assert str(share) == "<Share: redacted>"
+    assert repr(share) == "Share(<redacted>)"
+
+
+def test_master_seed_default_rendering_does_not_disclose_seed_material() -> None:
+    secret = MasterSeed.from_seed(bytes(range(16)), identifier="test")
+
+    assert secret.text not in str(secret)
+    assert secret.text not in repr(secret)
+    assert "payload_symbols" not in repr(secret)
+    assert str(secret) == "<MasterSeed: redacted>"
+    assert repr(secret) == "MasterSeed(<redacted>)"
+
+
 def test_master_seed_factory_can_only_construct_index_s() -> None:
     secret = MasterSeed.from_seed(bytes(16), identifier="test", threshold=2)
     assert secret.header.index == "s"