Clarify that users' media are also preview images (#11862)

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.md b/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.md
index 995782c6bc..1bbe237080 100644
--- a/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.md
+++ b/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.md
@@ -539,6 +539,11 @@ The following fields are returned in the JSON response body:
 
 ### List media uploaded by a user
 Gets a list of all local media that a specific `user_id` has created.
+These are media that the user has uploaded themselves
+([local media](../media_repository.md#local-media)), as well as
+[URL preview images](../media_repository.md#url-previews) requested by the user if the
+[feature is enabled](../development/url_previews.md).
+
 By default, the response is ordered by descending creation date and ascending media ID.
 The newest media is on top. You can change the order with parameters
 `order_by` and `dir`.
@@ -635,7 +640,9 @@ The following fields are returned in the JSON response body:
   Media objects contain the following fields:
   - `created_ts` - integer - Timestamp when the content was uploaded in ms.
   - `last_access_ts` - integer - Timestamp when the content was last accessed in ms.
-  - `media_id` - string - The id used to refer to the media.
+  - `media_id` - string - The id used to refer to the media. Details about the format
+    are documented under
+    [media repository](../media_repository.md).
   - `media_length` - integer - Length of the media in bytes.
   - `media_type` - string - The MIME-type of the media.
   - `quarantined_by` - string - The user ID that initiated the quarantine request