diff --git a/airflow/models/taskinstance.py b/airflow/models/taskinstance.py
index 44edd72c782b6..ea1270adaa656 100644
--- a/airflow/models/taskinstance.py
+++ b/airflow/models/taskinstance.py
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ class ConnectionAccessor:
             """
             Wrapper around Connection. This way you can get connections in
             templates by using ``{{ conn.conn_id }}`` or
-            ``{{ conn.get('conn_id', 'fallback') }}``.
+            ``{{ conn.get('conn_id') }}``.
             """
 
             def __getattr__(
diff --git a/tests/models/test_taskinstance.py b/tests/models/test_taskinstance.py
index 5c8b1ae8554f0..655d0ebcb7507 100644
--- a/tests/models/test_taskinstance.py
+++ b/tests/models/test_taskinstance.py
@@ -1565,6 +1565,7 @@ def test_pendulum_template_dates(self):
             ('{{ conn.a_connection.login }}', 'loginvalue'),
             ('{{ conn.a_connection.password }}', 'passwordvalue'),
             ('{{ conn.a_connection.extra_dejson["extra__asana__workspace"] }}', 'extra1'),
+            ('{{ conn.a_connection.extra_dejson.extra__asana__workspace }}', 'extra1'),
         ]
     )
     def test_template_with_connection(self, content, expected_output):