diff --git a/modulecmd.tcl.in b/modulecmd.tcl.in
index bcfabf43..dd9e9a41 100644
--- a/modulecmd.tcl.in
+++ b/modulecmd.tcl.in
@@ -8998,43 +8998,28 @@ proc cmdModuleConfig {dump_state {name {}} {value {}}} {
       silent_shell_debug [list 0 1] term_background [list dark light]]
 
    # define each attribute/fetched value pair
-   set conflist [list\
-      contact [displayConfig [getContact] $confvar(contact)]\
-      auto_handling [displayConfig [getAutoHandling] $confvar(auto_handling)\
-         asked_auto_handling]\
-      avail_indepth [displayConfig [getAvailInDepth] $confvar(avail_indepth)]\
-      avail_report_dir_sym $::flag_default_dir\
-      avail_report_mfile_sym $::flag_default_mf\
-      collection_pin_version [displayConfig [pinVersionInCollection]\
-         $confvar(collection_pin_version)]\
-      collection_target [displayConfig [get-env $confvar(collection_target)\
-         <undef>] $confvar(collection_target)]\
-      color [displayConfig [getColor] $confvar(color) asked_color {0 never 1\
-         auto 2 always}]\
-      colors [displayConfig $::g_colors_list $confvar(colors)]\
-      ignored_dirs [getIgnoredDirs]\
-      pager [displayConfig "$::g_pager $::g_pager_opts" $confvar(pager)]\
-      run_quarantine [displayConfig [get-env $confvar(run_quarantine)\
-         <undef>] $confvar(run_quarantine)]\
-      silent_shell_debug [displayConfig [get-env $confvar(silent_shell_debug)\
-         <undef>] $confvar(silent_shell_debug)]\
-      siteconfig $::g_siteconfig\
-      tcl_ext_lib $::g_tclextlib\
-      term_background [displayConfig [getTermBackground]\
-         $confvar(term_background)]]
+   array set confval [list contact [getContact] auto_handling\
+      [getAutoHandling] avail_indepth [getAvailInDepth] avail_report_dir_sym\
+      $::flag_default_dir avail_report_mfile_sym $::flag_default_mf\
+      collection_pin_version [pinVersionInCollection] collection_target\
+      [get-env $confvar(collection_target) <undef>] color [getColor] colors\
+      $::g_colors_list ignored_dirs [getIgnoredDirs] pager "$::g_pager\
+      $::g_pager_opts" run_quarantine [get-env $confvar(run_quarantine)\
+      <undef>] silent_shell_debug [get-env $confvar(silent_shell_debug)\
+      <undef>] siteconfig $::g_siteconfig tcl_ext_lib $::g_tclextlib\
+      term_background [getTermBackground]]
+
    # catch any environment variable set for modulecmd run-time execution
    foreach runenvvar [array names ::env -glob MODULES_RUNENV_*] {
       set runenvconf [string tolower [string range $runenvvar 8 end]]
-      lappend conflist $runenvconf [displayConfig [get-env $runenvvar]\
-         $runenvvar]
+      set confval($runenvconf) [get-env $runenvvar]
       # enable modification of runenv conf
       set confvar($runenvconf) $runenvvar
    }
-   array set conf $conflist
 
    # set configuration
    if {$name ne {}} {
-      if {![info exists conf($name)]} {
+      if {![info exists confval($name)]} {
          reportErrorAndExit "Configuration key '$name' does not exist"
       } elseif {![info exists confvar($name)]} {
          reportErrorAndExit "Configuration key '$name' cannot be altered"
@@ -9050,13 +9035,23 @@ proc cmdModuleConfig {dump_state {name {}} {value {}}} {
       }
    # report configuration
    } else {
+      # some configuration may be overridden from the command-line
+      array set confasked [list auto_handling asked_auto_handling color\
+         asked_color]
+      # internal conf value may be map to a public value
+      array set confvtrans [list color [list 0 never 1 auto 2 always]]
+
       reportVersion
       reportSeparateNextContent
       displayTableHeader hi {Config. name} 24 {Value (set by if default\
          overridden)} 54
 
-      foreach var [lsort [array names conf]] {
-         append displist [format {%-25s %s} $var $conf($var)] \n
+      foreach var [lsort [array names confval]] {
+         set valrep [displayConfig $confval($var)\
+            [expr {[info exists confvar($var)] ? $confvar($var) : {}}]\
+            [expr {[info exists confasked($var)] ? $confasked($var) : {}}]\
+            [expr {[info exists confvtrans($var)] ? $confvtrans($var) : {}}]]
+         append displist [format {%-25s %s} $var $valrep] \n
       }
       report $displist 1
       reportSeparateNextContent