Alarm Display Path and UDT parameters vs. Tag insertion

Here’s an anomaly I noticed.
I have a UDT with a device (string) property and a metadata folder that has a description memory tag (string).
If I insert {device} in the display path it comes in as a raw value:
Wheeling A

If I insert {[.]metadata/description} into the display path it comes in as a string:
“Wheeling A”

I can make a point of enclosing the {device} with quotations but it’s definitely unexpected behaviour, I would think they would both work the same way, whatever that way is.