[airflow] branch main updated: Add doc warning about connections added via envvars (#17915)

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     new e9bf127  Add doc warning about connections added via envvars (#17915)
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commit e9bf127a651794b533f30a77dc171e0ea5052b4f
Author: Ruben Laguna <ru...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Aug 30 18:52:58 2021 +0200

    Add doc warning about connections added via envvars (#17915)
    
    Closes #17852
---
 docs/apache-airflow/howto/connection.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/apache-airflow/howto/connection.rst b/docs/apache-airflow/howto/connection.rst
index d95766b..1d6fda9 100644
--- a/docs/apache-airflow/howto/connection.rst
+++ b/docs/apache-airflow/howto/connection.rst
@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ So if your connection id is ``my_prod_db`` then the variable name should be ``AI
     Connections set using Environment Variables would not appear in the Airflow UI but you will
     be able to use them in your DAG file.
 
+.. warning::
+
+    Connections created this way will not show up in the Airflow UI or using ``airflow connections list``.
+    You can use ``airflow connections get {CONN_ID}`` if you already know the ``CONN_ID``
+
+
 The value of this environment variable must use airflow's URI format for connections.  See the section
 :ref:`Generating a Connection URI <generating_connection_uri>` for more details.