diff --git a/src/onepasswordconnectsdk/config.py b/src/onepasswordconnectsdk/config.py
index 9de206b..09fc55d 100644
--- a/src/onepasswordconnectsdk/config.py
+++ b/src/onepasswordconnectsdk/config.py
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ def load_dict(client: "Client", config: dict):
 
     opitem (required): describes the name of the item to access from 1Password
 
-    offield (required): describes the name of the field to access within
-    the specified item
+    opfield (required): the section and field label, separated by the first
+    period. Additional periods are part of the field label. Use an empty
+    section for fields outside a section, for example .test.name@example.com.
 
     opvault: Only required if OP_VAULT is not set. Used to decribe the
     vault in which to fetch the item
@@ -140,7 +141,8 @@ class Foo():
     opitem (required): describes the name of the item to access from 1Password
 
     opfield (required): describes the name of the field to access
-    within the specified item
+    within the specified item. The first period separates the section from
+    the field label; additional periods are part of the field label.
 
     opvault: Only required if OP_VAULT is not set. Used to decribe
     the vault in which to fetch the item
@@ -223,7 +225,7 @@ def _set_values_for_item(
                 for {parsed_field.name}"
             )
 
-        path_parts = parsed_field.tag.split(".")
+        path_parts = parsed_field.tag.split(".", 1)
         if len(path_parts) != 2:
             raise InvalidFieldPathException(
                 f"Invalid field path format for \
diff --git a/src/tests/test_config.py b/src/tests/test_config.py
index 04835d5..0fbd99e 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/src/tests/test_config.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from httpx import Response
+import pytest
 import onepasswordconnectsdk
 from onepasswordconnectsdk import client
 
@@ -25,6 +26,30 @@ class Config:
 CONFIG_CLASS = Config()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("section", ["", "section1"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_object", [False, True])
+def test_load_dotted_field_labels(respx_mock, section, use_object):
+    field = {"id": "email", "label": "test.name@example.com", "value": "secret"}
+    if section:
+        field["section"] = {"id": section}
+    payload = dict(item, fields=[field])
+    respx_mock.get(f"v1/vaults/{VAULT_ID}/items/{ITEM_ID1}").mock(
+        return_value=Response(200, json=payload)
+    )
+    field_path = f"{section}.test.name@example.com"
+    if use_object:
+        class DottedConfig:
+            password: f'opitem:{ITEM_ID1} opfield:{field_path} opvault:{VAULT_ID}'
+
+        result = onepasswordconnectsdk.load(SS_CLIENT, DottedConfig())
+        assert result.password == "secret"
+    else:
+        result = onepasswordconnectsdk.load_dict(SS_CLIENT, {
+            "password": {"opitem": ITEM_ID1, "opfield": field_path, "opvault": VAULT_ID}
+        })
+        assert result == {"password": "secret"}
+
+
 def test_load(respx_mock):
     mock_items_list1 = respx_mock.get(f"v1/vaults/{VAULT_ID}/items?filter=title eq \"{ITEM_NAME1}\"").mock(
         return_value=Response(200, json=[item])