diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/env.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/env.py
index 50547a8b440..02df0398047 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/env.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/env.py
@@ -30,22 +30,21 @@ EXAMPLES = """
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     msg: "'{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'HOME') }}' is the HOME environment variable."
 
-- name: Before 2.13, how to set default value if the variable is not defined.
-        This cannot distinguish between USR undefined and USR=''.
+- name: Before 2.13, how to set default value if the variable is not defined
   ansible.builtin.debug:
-    msg: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'USR')|default('nobody', True) }} is the user."
+    msg: "Hello {{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'UNDEFINED_VARIABLE') | default('World', True) }}"
 
-- name: Example how to set default value if the variable is not defined, ignores USR=''
+- name: Example how to set default value if the variable is not defined
   ansible.builtin.debug:
-    msg: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'USR', default='nobody') }} is the user."
+    msg: "Hello {{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'UNDEFINED_VARIABLE', default='World') }}"
 
-- name: Set default value to Undefined, if the variable is not defined
+- name: Fail if the variable is not defined by setting default value to 'Undefined'
   ansible.builtin.debug:
-    msg: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'USR', default=Undefined) }} is the user."
+    msg: "Hello {{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'UNDEFINED_VARIABLE', default=Undefined) }}"
 
-- name: Set default value to undef(), if the variable is not defined
+- name: Fail if the variable is not defined by setting default value to 'undef()'
   ansible.builtin.debug:
-    msg: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'USR', default=undef()) }} is the user."
+    msg: "Hello {{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'UNDEFINED_VARIABLE', default=undef()) }}"
 """
 
 RETURN = """