From f2046f796a586787d2e245fa069825e409908ec1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Carrie Warner (Mattermost)"
 <74422101+cwarnermm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 13:42:41 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added guidance on when to reduce the config value

---
 source/configure/experimental-configuration-settings.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/configure/experimental-configuration-settings.rst b/source/configure/experimental-configuration-settings.rst
index d757fd26ff0..effbaf9ddd6 100644
--- a/source/configure/experimental-configuration-settings.rst
+++ b/source/configure/experimental-configuration-settings.rst
@@ -475,6 +475,10 @@ This setting configures the number of milliseconds to wait between fetching user
 | This feature's ``config.json`` setting is ``"ExperimentalSettings.UsersStatusAndProfileFetchingPollIntervalMilliseconds": 3000`` with numerical input. |
 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
+.. note::
+
+  Decrease this configuration setting value to increase how often Mattermost checks for and retrieves updated user profile datails. Reducing this value can be particularly helpful to reduce the likelyhood of usernames being displayed in channels as **Someone** due to outdated or missing data.
+
 .. config:setting:: exp-primaryteam
   :displayname: Primary team (Experimental)
   :systemconsole: Experimental > Features