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Update documentation with environment variable escaping (#546).

Dan Helfman 3 years ago
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 To disable this environment variable interpolation feature entirely, you can
 pass the `--no-environment-interpolation` flag on the command-line.
 
+Or if you'd like to disable interpolation within a single option value, you
+can escape it with a backslash. For instance, if your password is literally
+`${A}@!`:
+
+```yaml
+storage:
+    encryption_passphrase: \${A}@!
+```
 
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