diff --git a/public/language/en-GB/admin/manage/users.json b/public/language/en-GB/admin/manage/users.json
index b669dcca11..9b46ea0cc2 100644
--- a/public/language/en-GB/admin/manage/users.json
+++ b/public/language/en-GB/admin/manage/users.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 	"250-per-page": "250 per page",
 	"500-per-page": "500 per page",
 
+	"search.help": "Use "*" to make partial searches, for example "*query"",
 	"search.uid": "By User ID",
 	"search.uid-placeholder": "Enter a user ID to search",
 	"search.username": "By User Name",
diff --git a/public/src/admin/manage/users.js b/public/src/admin/manage/users.js
index 95c2877e5b..e3d9f24db6 100644
--- a/public/src/admin/manage/users.js
+++ b/public/src/admin/manage/users.js
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ define('admin/manage/users', [
 				page: 1,
 			});
 		}
-		$('#user-search').on('keyup', utils.debounce(doSearch, 250));
+		$('#user-search').on('input', utils.debounce(doSearch, 500));
 		$('#user-search-by').on('change', doSearch);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/views/admin/manage/users.tpl b/src/views/admin/manage/users.tpl
index 6e094d4c35..53fae59f16 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/manage/users.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/manage/users.tpl
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 		<div class="d-flex align-items-center gap-3 flex-wrap">
 			<div class="d-flex gap-1 align-items-stretch flex-wrap">
 				<div class="input-group flex-nowrap w-auto">
+					<span class="input-group-text px-2" title="[[admin/manage/users:search.help]]" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="bottom"><i class="fa-fw fa-solid fa-question"></i></span>
 					<input type="text" class="form-control form-control-sm w-auto" placeholder="[[global:search]]" id="user-search" value="{query}">
-					<span class="input-group-text px-2 search-button"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></span>
+					<span class="input-group-text px-2 search-button"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-search"></i></span>
+
 				</div>
 				<select id="user-search-by" class="form-select form-select-sm w-auto">
 					<option value="username" {{{if searchBy_username}}}selected{{{end}}}>[[admin/manage/users:search.username]]</option>