diff --git a/public/openapi/read.yaml b/public/openapi/read.yaml
index b37ccf9a34..d1d7add609 100644
--- a/public/openapi/read.yaml
+++ b/public/openapi/read.yaml
@@ -5991,12 +5991,12 @@ paths:
                   - $ref: components/schemas/Pagination.yaml#/Pagination
                   - $ref: components/schemas/Breadcrumbs.yaml#/Breadcrumbs
                   - $ref: components/schemas/CommonProps.yaml#/CommonProps
-  /api/me:
+  /api/self:
     get:
       tags:
         - shorthand
-      summary: Access your profile
-      description: This shorthand is useful if you want to link to pages in your own account profile, but do not want (or have) the userslug. It is also especially useful as a means to instruct users on how to do things, as you can easily redirect them to their own profile pages.
+      summary: Access your profile data
+      description: This shorthand returns the data for the logged in user, identical to the data returned at this route /user/<userslug>
       responses:
         "200":
           description: ""
@@ -6004,6 +6004,17 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: components/schemas/UserObject.yaml#/UserObjectFull
+  /api/me:
+    get:
+      tags:
+        - shorthand
+      summary: Access your own profile page
+      description: >-
+        This shorthand is useful if you want to link to account profile, but do not want (or have) the `userslug`. It is also especially useful as a
+        means to instruct users on how to do things, as you can easily redirect them to their own profile pages.
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: "Canonical URL to your requested profile page"
   /api/me/*:
     get:
       tags:
diff --git a/src/routes/accounts.js b/src/routes/accounts.js
index bcdec1857e..6051420cdf 100644
--- a/src/routes/accounts.js
+++ b/src/routes/accounts.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module.exports = function (app, middleware, controllers) {
 	var middlewares = [middleware.exposeUid, middleware.canViewUsers];
 	var accountMiddlewares = [middleware.exposeUid, middleware.canViewUsers, middleware.checkAccountPermissions];
 
-	app.get('/me', middleware.redirectMeToUserslug);
+	setupPageRoute(app, '/me', middleware, [], middleware.redirectMeToUserslug);
 	setupPageRoute(app, '/me/*', middleware, [], middleware.redirectMeToUserslug);
 	setupPageRoute(app, '/uid/:uid*', middleware, [], middleware.redirectUidToUserslug);
 
diff --git a/src/routes/api.js b/src/routes/api.js
index bc66050358..93e96665fe 100644
--- a/src/routes/api.js
+++ b/src/routes/api.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module.exports = function (app, middleware, controllers) {
 
 	router.get('/config', middleware.applyCSRF, controllers.api.getConfig);
 
-	router.get('/me', controllers.user.getCurrentUser);
+	router.get('/self', controllers.user.getCurrentUser);
 	router.get('/user/uid/:uid', middleware.canViewUsers, controllers.user.getUserByUID);
 	router.get('/user/username/:username', middleware.canViewUsers, controllers.user.getUserByUsername);
 	router.get('/user/email/:email', middleware.canViewUsers, controllers.user.getUserByEmail);