diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonLocation.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonLocation.java
index d17a866ee4..969f79c5c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonLocation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonLocation.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class JsonLocation
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L; // in 2.13
 
     /**
-     * @deprecated Since 2.13 use {@link ContentReference#DEFAULT_MAX_CONTENT_SNIPPET} instead
+     * @deprecated Since 2.13 use {@link ErrorReportConfiguration#DEFAULT_MAX_RAW_CONTENT_LENGTH} instead
      */
     @Deprecated
     public static final int MAX_CONTENT_SNIPPET = 500;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/io/ContentReference.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/io/ContentReference.java
index 612dda5064..08e3a22a1c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/io/ContentReference.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/io/ContentReference.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.core.io;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.ErrorReportConfiguration;
+
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
@@ -52,7 +54,9 @@ public class ContentReference
      * logs.
      *
      * @since 2.9
+     * @deprecated Since 2.16. {@link ErrorReportConfiguration.Builder#maxRawContentLength(int)} will be used instead.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_CONTENT_SNIPPET = 500;
 
     /**
@@ -81,23 +85,56 @@ public class ContentReference
      */
     protected final boolean _isContentTextual;
 
+    /**
+     * max raw content to return as configured 
+     *
+     * @since 2.16
+     */
+    protected final int _maxRawContentLength;
+
     /*
     /**********************************************************************
     /* Life-cycle
     /**********************************************************************
      */
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Since 2.16. Use {@link #ContentReference(boolean, Object, ErrorReportConfiguration)} instead.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     protected ContentReference(boolean isContentTextual, Object rawContent) {
-        this(isContentTextual, rawContent, -1, -1);
+        this(isContentTextual, rawContent, -1, -1, ErrorReportConfiguration.defaults());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Since 2.16. Use {@link #ContentReference(boolean, Object, int, int, ErrorReportConfiguration)} instead.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     protected ContentReference(boolean isContentTextual, Object rawContent,
             int offset, int length)
+    {
+        this(isContentTextual, rawContent, offset, length, ErrorReportConfiguration.defaults());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @since 2.16
+     */
+    protected ContentReference(boolean isContentTextual, Object rawContent, ErrorReportConfiguration errorReportConfiguration)
+    {
+        this(isContentTextual, rawContent, -1, -1, errorReportConfiguration);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @since 2.16
+     */
+    protected ContentReference(boolean isContentTextual, Object rawContent,
+            int offset, int length, ErrorReportConfiguration errorReportConfiguration)
     {
         _isContentTextual = isContentTextual;
         _rawContent = rawContent;
         _offset = offset;
         _length = length;
+        _maxRawContentLength = errorReportConfiguration.getMaxRawContentLength();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -124,14 +161,41 @@ public static ContentReference unknown() {
     public static ContentReference redacted() {
         return REDACTED_CONTENT;
     }
-        
+
+
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Since 2.16. Use {@link #construct(boolean, Object, ErrorReportConfiguration)} instead.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public static ContentReference construct(boolean isContentTextual, Object rawContent) {
-        return new ContentReference(isContentTextual, rawContent);
+        return new ContentReference(isContentTextual, rawContent, ErrorReportConfiguration.defaults());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Since 2.16. Use {@link #construct(boolean, Object, int, int, ErrorReportConfiguration)} instead.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public static ContentReference construct(boolean isContentTextual, Object rawContent,
             int offset, int length) {
-        return new ContentReference(isContentTextual, rawContent, offset, length);
+        return new ContentReference(isContentTextual, rawContent, offset, length, ErrorReportConfiguration.defaults());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @since 2.16
+     */
+    public static ContentReference construct(boolean isContentTextual, Object rawContent,
+            int offset, int length, ErrorReportConfiguration errorReportConfiguration)
+    {
+        return new ContentReference(isContentTextual, rawContent, offset, length, errorReportConfiguration);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @since 2.16
+     */
+    public static ContentReference construct(boolean isContentTextual, Object rawContent, 
+            ErrorReportConfiguration errorReportConfiguration) 
+    {
+        return new ContentReference(isContentTextual, rawContent, errorReportConfiguration);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -203,10 +267,11 @@ public Object getRawContent() {
      * which content is counted, either bytes or chars) to use for truncation
      * (so as not to include full content for humongous sources or targets)
      *
+     * @see ErrorReportConfiguration#getMaxRawContentLength()
      * @return Maximum content snippet to include before truncating
      */
-    protected int maxContentSnippetLength() {
-        return DEFAULT_MAX_CONTENT_SNIPPET;
+    protected int maxRawContentLength() {
+        return _maxRawContentLength;
     }
 
     /*
@@ -266,7 +331,7 @@ public StringBuilder appendSourceDescription(StringBuilder sb)
             String trimmed;
 
             // poor man's tuple...
-            final int maxLen = maxContentSnippetLength();
+            final int maxLen = maxRawContentLength();
             int[] offsets = new int[] { contentOffset(), contentLength() };
 
             if (srcRef instanceof CharSequence) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/ErrorReportConfigurationMaxRawContentLengthTest.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/ErrorReportConfigurationMaxRawContentLengthTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3afd9fd011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/ErrorReportConfigurationMaxRawContentLengthTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.core;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.io.ContentReference;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for class {@link ErrorReportConfiguration#getMaxRawContentLength()}.
+ */
+public class ErrorReportConfigurationMaxRawContentLengthTest extends BaseTest {
+    /*
+    /**********************************************************
+    /* Unit Tests
+    /**********************************************************
+     */
+
+    public void testBasicToStringErrorConfig() throws Exception {
+        // Truncated result
+        _verifyToString("abc", 2,
+                "[Source: (String)\"ab\"[truncated 1 chars]; line: 1, column: 1]");
+        // Exact length
+        _verifyToString("abc", 3,
+                "[Source: (String)\"abc\"; line: 1, column: 1]");
+        // Enough length
+        _verifyToString("abc", 4,
+                "[Source: (String)\"abc\"; line: 1, column: 1]");
+    }
+    
+    /*
+    /**********************************************************
+    /* Internal helper methods
+    /**********************************************************
+     */
+
+    private void _verifyToString(String rawSrc, int rawContentLength, String expectedMessage) {
+        ContentReference reference = _sourceRefWithErrorReportConfig(rawSrc, rawContentLength);
+        String location = new JsonLocation(reference, 10L, 10L, 1, 1).toString();
+        assertEquals(expectedMessage, location);
+    }
+
+    private ContentReference _sourceRefWithErrorReportConfig(String rawSrc, int rawContentLength) {
+        return _sourceRef(rawSrc,
+                ErrorReportConfiguration.builder().maxRawContentLength(rawContentLength).build());
+    }
+
+    private ContentReference _sourceRef(String rawSrc, ErrorReportConfiguration errorReportConfiguration) {
+        return ContentReference.construct(true, rawSrc, 0, rawSrc.length(),errorReportConfiguration);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonLocationTest.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonLocationTest.java
index 1339c546f5..9a3e94b8a6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonLocationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonLocationTest.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public void testBasicToString() throws Exception
     public void testTruncatedSource() throws Exception
     {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-        for (int i = 0; i < ContentReference.DEFAULT_MAX_CONTENT_SNIPPET; ++i) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < ErrorReportConfiguration.DEFAULT_MAX_RAW_CONTENT_LENGTH; ++i) {
             sb.append("x");
         }
         String main = sb.toString();