Document that you cannot login as yourself on /_synapse/admin/v1/user…

…s/<user_id>/login (#15938)
matrix-org · Jul 14, 2023 · 8d3656b · 8d3656b
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+Improve the documentation for the login as a user admin API.
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 An optional `valid_until_ms` field can be specified in the request body as an
 integer timestamp that specifies when the token should expire. By default tokens
-do not expire.
+do not expire. Note that this API does not allow a user to login as themselves
+(to create more tokens).
 
 A response body like the following is returned: