diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba56b3f4..47c9ab12 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ In addition to built-in ones, the following custom template functions are availa
 - `fromYaml` reads a golang string and generates a map
 - `setValueAtPath PATH NEW_VALUE` traverses a golang map, replaces the value at the PATH with NEW_VALUE
 - `toYaml` marshals a map into a string
+- `get` returns the value of the specified key if present in the `.Values` object, otherwise will return the default value defined in the function
 
 ### Values Files Templates
 
@@ -671,7 +672,7 @@ releaseName: prod
 `values.yaml.gotmpl`
 
 ```yaml
-domain: {{ .Values | getOrNil "my.domain" | default "dev.example.com" }}
+domain: {{ .Values | get "my.domain" "dev.example.com" }}
 ```
 
 `helmfile sync` installs `myapp` with the value `domain=dev.example.com`,
diff --git a/docs/writing-helmfile.md b/docs/writing-helmfile.md
index 792785e0..4846bd9b 100644
--- a/docs/writing-helmfile.md
+++ b/docs/writing-helmfile.md
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ That is, the following example let `helmfile` fail when you have no `eventApi.re
 {{ .Values.eventApi.replicas | default 1 }}
 ```
 
-In case it isn't a mistake and you do want to allow missing keys, use the `getOrNil` template function:
+In case it isn't a mistake and you do want to allow missing keys, use the `get` template function:
 
 ```
-{{ .Values | getOrNil "eventApi.replicas" }}
+{{ .Values | get "eventApi.replicas" nil }}
 ```
 
 This result in printing `<no value` in your template, that may or may not result in a failure.
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ This result in printing `<no value` in your template, that may or may not result
 If you want a kind of default values that is used when a missing key was referenced, use `default` like:
 
 ```
-{{ .Values | getOrNil "eventApi.replicas" | default 1 }}
+{{ .Values | get "eventApi.replicas" 1 }}
 ```
 
 Now, you get `1` when there is no `eventApi.replicas` defined in environment values.