[airflow] 25/28: Make Secret Backend docs clearer about Variable & Connection View (#8913)

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commit e1f804d1fb0111fea1d123de9f9f8215f993bf94
Author: Jannik F <Mi...@users.noreply.github.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Jul 20 12:22:48 2020 +0200

    Make Secret Backend docs clearer about Variable & Connection View  (#8913)
    
    (cherry picked from commit a0bde8eb288f7d40b55cb8ea217a431264214a37)
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 docs/howto/use-alternative-secrets-backend.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/howto/use-alternative-secrets-backend.rst b/docs/howto/use-alternative-secrets-backend.rst
index 13a7c27..2fa2894 100644
--- a/docs/howto/use-alternative-secrets-backend.rst
+++ b/docs/howto/use-alternative-secrets-backend.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ an alternative secrets backend to retrieve Airflow connections or Airflow variab
 such as :ref:`AWS SSM Parameter Store <ssm_parameter_store_secrets>`,
 :ref:`Hashicorp Vault Secrets<hashicorp_vault_secrets>` or you can :ref:`roll your own <roll_your_own_secrets_backend>`.
 
+.. note::
+
+    The Airflow UI only shows connections and variables stored in the Metadata DB and not via any other method.
+    If you use an alternative secrets backend, check inside your backend to view the values of your variables and connections.
+
 Search path
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
 When looking up a connection/variable, by default Airflow will search environment variables first and metastore