diff --git a/cli/src/commands/fix.rs b/cli/src/commands/fix.rs
index 903d84b1c..91c245170 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/fix.rs
+++ b/cli/src/commands/fix.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ use jj_lib::backend::BackendError;
 use jj_lib::backend::CommitId;
 use jj_lib::backend::FileId;
 use jj_lib::backend::TreeValue;
+use jj_lib::config::ConfigValue;
 use jj_lib::fileset;
 use jj_lib::fileset::FilesetDiagnostics;
 use jj_lib::fileset::FilesetExpression;
@@ -470,7 +471,7 @@ fn get_tools_config(ui: &mut Ui, settings: &UserSettings) -> Result<ToolsConfig,
             command = {}
             patterns = ["all()"]
             "###,
-            to_toml_value(&settings.get::<config::Value>("fix.tool-command").unwrap()).unwrap()
+            to_toml_value(&settings.get::<ConfigValue>("fix.tool-command").unwrap()).unwrap()
         )?;
     }
     if let Ok(tools_table) = settings.raw_config().get_table("fix.tools") {
diff --git a/cli/src/config.rs b/cli/src/config.rs
index f9be90e6a..ed112596a 100644
--- a/cli/src/config.rs
+++ b/cli/src/config.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ use jj_lib::config::ConfigError;
 use jj_lib::config::ConfigLayer;
 use jj_lib::config::ConfigNamePathBuf;
 use jj_lib::config::ConfigSource;
+use jj_lib::config::ConfigValue;
 use jj_lib::config::StackedConfig;
 use jj_lib::settings::ConfigResultExt as _;
 use regex::Captures;
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ pub fn parse_toml_value_or_bare_string(value_str: &str) -> toml_edit::Value {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn to_toml_value(value: &config::Value) -> Result<toml_edit::Value, ConfigError> {
+pub fn to_toml_value(value: &ConfigValue) -> Result<toml_edit::Value, ConfigError> {
     fn type_error<T: fmt::Display>(message: T) -> ConfigError {
         ConfigError::Message(message.to_string())
     }
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ pub struct AnnotatedValue {
     /// Dotted name path to the configuration variable.
     pub name: ConfigNamePathBuf,
     /// Configuration value.
-    pub value: config::Value,
+    pub value: ConfigValue,
     /// Source of the configuration value.
     pub source: ConfigSource,
     // TODO: add source file path
diff --git a/lib/src/config.rs b/lib/src/config.rs
index 923852bd7..ba9f6c43d 100644
--- a/lib/src/config.rs
+++ b/lib/src/config.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ use itertools::Itertools as _;
 
 use crate::file_util::IoResultExt as _;
 
+/// Table of config key and value pairs.
+pub type ConfigTable = config::Map<String, config::Value>;
+/// Generic config value.
+pub type ConfigValue = config::Value;
+
 /// Error that can occur when accessing configuration.
 // TODO: will be replaced with our custom error type
 pub type ConfigError = config::ConfigError;
@@ -63,11 +68,11 @@ impl ConfigNamePathBuf {
     /// This is a workaround for the `config.get()` API, which doesn't support
     /// literal path expression. If we implement our own config abstraction,
     /// this method should be moved there.
-    pub fn lookup_value(&self, config: &config::Config) -> Result<config::Value, ConfigError> {
+    pub fn lookup_value(&self, config: &config::Config) -> Result<ConfigValue, ConfigError> {
         // Use config.get() if the TOML keys can be converted to config path
         // syntax. This should be cheaper than cloning the whole config map.
         let (key_prefix, components) = self.split_safe_prefix();
-        let value: config::Value = match &key_prefix {
+        let value: ConfigValue = match &key_prefix {
             Some(key) => config.get(key)?,
             None => config.collect()?.into(),
         };