diff --git a/command/jsonplan/plan.go b/command/jsonplan/plan.go
index eeb634255..1db2067d4 100644
--- a/command/jsonplan/plan.go
+++ b/command/jsonplan/plan.go
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ type change struct {
 	// display of sensitive values in user interfaces.
 	BeforeSensitive json.RawMessage `json:"before_sensitive,omitempty"`
 	AfterSensitive  json.RawMessage `json:"after_sensitive,omitempty"`
+
+	// ReplacePaths is an array of arrays representing a set of paths into the
+	// object value which resulted in the action being "replace". This will be
+	// omitted if the action is not replace, or if no paths caused the
+	// replacement (for example, if the resource was tainted). Each path
+	// consists of one or more steps, each of which will be a number or a
+	// string.
+	ReplacePaths json.RawMessage `json:"replace_paths,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type output struct {
@@ -257,6 +265,10 @@ func (p *plan) marshalResourceChanges(changes *plans.Changes, schemas *terraform
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		replacePaths, err := encodePaths(rc.RequiredReplace)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 
 		r.Change = change{
 			Actions:         actionString(rc.Action.String()),
@@ -265,6 +277,7 @@ func (p *plan) marshalResourceChanges(changes *plans.Changes, schemas *terraform
 			AfterUnknown:    a,
 			BeforeSensitive: json.RawMessage(beforeSensitive),
 			AfterSensitive:  json.RawMessage(afterSensitive),
+			ReplacePaths:    replacePaths,
 		}
 
 		if rc.DeposedKey != states.NotDeposed {
@@ -625,3 +638,54 @@ func actionString(action string) []string {
 		return []string{action}
 	}
 }
+
+// encodePaths lossily encodes a cty.PathSet into an array of arrays of step
+// values, such as:
+//
+//   [["length"],["triggers",0,"value"]]
+//
+// The lossiness is that we cannot distinguish between an IndexStep with string
+// key and a GetAttr step. This is fine with JSON output, because JSON's type
+// system means that those two steps are equivalent anyway: both are object
+// indexes.
+//
+// JavaScript (or similar dynamic language) consumers of these values can
+// recursively apply the steps to a given object using an index operation for
+// each step.
+func encodePaths(pathSet cty.PathSet) (json.RawMessage, error) {
+	if pathSet.Empty() {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	pathList := pathSet.List()
+	jsonPaths := make([]json.RawMessage, 0, len(pathList))
+
+	for _, path := range pathList {
+		steps := make([]json.RawMessage, 0, len(path))
+		for _, step := range path {
+			switch s := step.(type) {
+			case cty.IndexStep:
+				key, err := ctyjson.Marshal(s.Key, s.Key.Type())
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to marshal index step key %#v: %s", s.Key, err)
+				}
+				steps = append(steps, key)
+			case cty.GetAttrStep:
+				name, err := json.Marshal(s.Name)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to marshal get attr step name %#v: %s", s.Name, err)
+				}
+				steps = append(steps, name)
+			default:
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unsupported path step %#v (%t)", step, step)
+			}
+		}
+		jsonPath, err := json.Marshal(steps)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		jsonPaths = append(jsonPaths, jsonPath)
+	}
+
+	return json.Marshal(jsonPaths)
+}
diff --git a/command/jsonplan/plan_test.go b/command/jsonplan/plan_test.go
index 9d43d1dc5..5656a6231 100644
--- a/command/jsonplan/plan_test.go
+++ b/command/jsonplan/plan_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package jsonplan
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty"
 )
 
@@ -475,3 +477,43 @@ func TestSensitiveAsBool(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestEncodePaths(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := map[string]struct {
+		Input cty.PathSet
+		Want  json.RawMessage
+	}{
+		"empty set": {
+			cty.NewPathSet(),
+			json.RawMessage(nil),
+		},
+		"index path with string and int steps": {
+			cty.NewPathSet(cty.IndexStringPath("boop").IndexInt(0)),
+			json.RawMessage(`[["boop",0]]`),
+		},
+		"get attr path with one step": {
+			cty.NewPathSet(cty.GetAttrPath("triggers")),
+			json.RawMessage(`[["triggers"]]`),
+		},
+		"multiple paths of different types": {
+			cty.NewPathSet(
+				cty.GetAttrPath("alpha").GetAttr("beta").GetAttr("gamma"),
+				cty.GetAttrPath("triggers").IndexString("name"),
+				cty.IndexIntPath(0).IndexInt(1).IndexInt(2).IndexInt(3),
+			),
+			json.RawMessage(`[["alpha","beta","gamma"],["triggers","name"],[0,1,2,3]]`),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for name, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := encodePaths(test.Input)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
+			}
+			if !cmp.Equal(got, test.Want) {
+				t.Errorf("wrong result:\n %v\n", cmp.Diff(got, test.Want))
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/command/testdata/show-json/requires-replace/output.json b/command/testdata/show-json/requires-replace/output.json
index b650e15a5..34dddcef2 100644
--- a/command/testdata/show-json/requires-replace/output.json
+++ b/command/testdata/show-json/requires-replace/output.json
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
                     "id": true
                 },
                 "after_sensitive": {},
-                "before_sensitive": {}
+                "before_sensitive": {},
+                "replace_paths": [["ami"]]
             },
             "action_reason": "replace_because_cannot_update"
         }
diff --git a/website/docs/internals/json-format.html.md b/website/docs/internals/json-format.html.md
index 52b080ef1..7741cd08a 100644
--- a/website/docs/internals/json-format.html.md
+++ b/website/docs/internals/json-format.html.md
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ A `<change-representation>` describes the change that will be made to the indica
   // e.g. just scan the list for "delete" to recognize all three situations
   // where the object will be deleted, allowing for any new deletion
   // combinations that might be added in future.
-  "actions": ["update"]
+  "actions": ["update"],
 
   // "before" and "after" are representations of the object value both before
   // and after the action. For ["create"] and ["delete"] actions, either
@@ -498,6 +498,35 @@ A `<change-representation>` describes the change that will be made to the indica
   // after values are identical. The "after" value will be incomplete if there
   // are values within it that won't be known until after apply.
   "before": <value-representation>,
-  "after": <value-representation>
+  "after": <value-representation>,
+
+  // "after_unknown" is an object value with similar structure to "after", but
+  // with all unknown leaf values replaced with "true", and all known leaf
+  // values omitted. This can be combined with "after" to reconstruct a full
+  // value after the action, including values which will only be known after
+  // apply.
+  "after_unknown": {
+    "id": true
+  },
+
+  // "before_sensitive" and "after_sensitive" are object values with similar
+  // structure to "before" and "after", but with all sensitive leaf values
+  // replaced with true, and all non-sensitive leaf values omitted. These
+  // objects should be combined with "before" and "after" to prevent accidental
+  // display of sensitive values in user interfaces.
+  "before_sensitive": {},
+  "after_sensitive": {
+    "triggers": {
+      "boop": true
+    }
+  },
+
+  // "replace_paths" is an array of arrays representing a set of paths into the
+  // object value which resulted in the action being "replace". This will be
+  // omitted if the action is not replace, or if no paths caused the
+  // replacement (for example, if the resource was tainted). Each path
+  // consists of one or more steps, each of which will be a number or a
+  // string.
+  "replace_paths": [["triggers"]]
 }
 ```