From 36163c36f8084877976e0d89ed16619e019fe4c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hc-github-team-nomad-core
 <82989552+hc-github-team-nomad-core@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:16:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] backport of commit 6e4603e8ba503cd08279f50da1a4c0a5539a9768
 (#18011)

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 .changelog/17933.txt                | 3 +++
 ui/app/components/variable-form.hbs | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changelog/17933.txt

diff --git a/.changelog/17933.txt b/.changelog/17933.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ccd5a5e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/17933.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+ui: indicate that nomad/jobs as a variable path is auto-accessible by all nomad jobs
+```
diff --git a/ui/app/components/variable-form.hbs b/ui/app/components/variable-form.hbs
index 7780f71a5..d8ca1666b 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/variable-form.hbs
+++ b/ui/app/components/variable-form.hbs
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
   {{#if @model.isNew}}
     {{#unless this.isJobTemplateVariable}}
       <div class="related-entities related-entities-hint">
-        <p>Prefix your path with <code>nomad/jobs/</code> to automatically make your variable accessible to a specified job, task group, or task.<br />
+        <p>Prefix your path with <code>nomad/jobs</code> to automatically make your variable accessible to all jobs. <br />
+        Adding job name, group name, or task name will make your variable available to that specific job, group, or task. <br />
         Format: <code>nomad/jobs/&lt;jobname&gt;</code>, <code>nomad/jobs/&lt;jobname&gt;/&lt;groupname&gt;</code>, <code>nomad/jobs/&lt;jobname&gt;/&lt;groupname&gt;/&lt;taskname&gt;</code></p>
       </div>
     {{/unless}}