From 5cea5d13b190b20ed650f663330d2673209a141b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Alexander A. Klimov" <alexander.klimov@netways.de>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 14:54:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add introduction to section `User preferences'

refs #9379
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 doc/about.md | 3 +++
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@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ See [here](security#security) for more information about authorization.
 
 ## <a id="about-preferences"></a> User preferences
 
+Besides the global configuration (like data/authentication backends)
+each user has individual configuration options like the interface's language or the current timezone.
+
 See [here](preferences#preferences) for more information about user preferences.
 
 ## <a id="about-documentation"></a> Documentation