diff --git a/airflow/example_dags/example_trigger_target_dag.py b/airflow/example_dags/example_trigger_target_dag.py
index 7d4f6f6406a6b..83db9458cbcd8 100644
--- a/airflow/example_dags/example_trigger_target_dag.py
+++ b/airflow/example_dags/example_trigger_target_dag.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ def run_this_func(**context):
 
 bash_task = BashOperator(
     task_id="bash_task",
-    bash_command='echo "Here is the message: \'{{ dag_run.conf["message"] if dag_run else "" }}\'"',
+    bash_command='echo "Here is the message: $message"',
+    env={'message': '{{ dag_run.conf["message"] if dag_run else "" }}'},
     dag=dag,
 )
diff --git a/airflow/operators/bash.py b/airflow/operators/bash.py
index 9eef881e0ec8f..22577d291fcae 100644
--- a/airflow/operators/bash.py
+++ b/airflow/operators/bash.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 
 class BashOperator(BaseOperator):
-    """
+    r"""
     Execute a Bash script, command or set of commands.
 
     .. seealso::
@@ -61,6 +61,37 @@ class BashOperator(BaseOperator):
     .. code-block:: python
 
         bash_command = "set -e; python3 script.py '{{ next_execution_date }}'"
+
+    .. warning::
+
+        Care should be taken with "user" input or when using Jinja templates in the
+        ``bash_command``, as this bash operator does not perform any escaping or
+        sanitization of the command.
+
+        This applies mostly to using "dag_run" conf, as that can be submitted via
+        users in the Web UI. Most of the default template variables are not at
+        risk.
+
+    For example, do **not** do this:
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+        bash_task = BashOperator(
+            task_id="bash_task",
+            bash_command='echo "Here is the message: \'{{ dag_run.conf["message"] if dag_run else "" }}\'"',
+        )
+
+    Instead, you should pass this via the ``env`` kwarg and use double-quotes
+    inside the bash_command, as below:
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+        bash_task = BashOperator(
+            task_id="bash_task",
+            bash_command='echo "here is the message: \'$message\'"',
+            env={'message': '{{ dag_run.conf["message"] if dag_run else "" }}'},
+        )
+
     """
     template_fields = ('bash_command', 'env')
     template_ext = ('.sh', '.bash',)
diff --git a/docs/howto/operator/bash.rst b/docs/howto/operator/bash.rst
index f581aec0d9427..ba0e21074c23e 100644
--- a/docs/howto/operator/bash.rst
+++ b/docs/howto/operator/bash.rst
@@ -41,6 +41,37 @@ You can use :ref:`Jinja templates <jinja-templating>` to parameterize the
     :start-after: [START howto_operator_bash_template]
     :end-before: [END howto_operator_bash_template]
 
+
+.. warning::
+
+    Care should be taken with "user" input or when using Jinja templates in the
+    ``bash_command``, as this bash operator does not perform any escaping or
+    sanitization of the command.
+
+    This applies mostly to using "dag_run" conf, as that can be submitted via
+    users in the Web UI. Most of the default template variables are not at
+    risk.
+
+For example, do **not** do this:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    bash_task = BashOperator(
+        task_id="bash_task",
+        bash_command='echo "Here is the message: \'{{ dag_run.conf["message"] if dag_run else "" }}\'"',
+    )
+
+Instead, you should pass this via the ``env`` kwarg and use double-quotes
+inside the bash_command, as below:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    bash_task = BashOperator(
+        task_id="bash_task",
+        bash_command='echo "here is the message: \'$message\'"',
+        env={'message': '{{ dag_run.conf["message"] if dag_run else "" }}'},
+    )
+
 Troubleshooting
 ---------------