diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/admin/admin.html b/rhodecode/templates/admin/admin.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/admin/admin.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/admin/admin.html
@@ -7,7 +7,25 @@
 
 <%def name="breadcrumbs_links()">
     <form id="filter_form">
-    <input class="q_filter_box" id="q_filter" size="15" type="text" name="filter" value="${c.search_term or _('quick filter...')}"/>
+    <input class="q_filter_box ${'' if c.search_term else 'initial'}" id="q_filter" size="15" type="text" name="filter" value="${c.search_term or _('quick filter...')}"/>
+    <span class="tooltip" title="${h.tooltip(_('''
+        Example search query:
+            "repository:vcs"
+            "username:marcin"
+        
+        You can use wildcards using '*'
+            "repositroy:vcs*" - search everything starting with 'vcs'
+            "repository:*vcs*" - search for repository containing 'vcs'
+        Use AND / OR operators in queries
+            "repository:vcs OR repository:test"
+            "username:test AND repository:test*"
+        List of valid search filters:
+            repository:
+            username:
+            action:
+            ip:
+            date:
+    '''))}">?</span>
     <input type='submit' value="${_('filter')}" class="ui-btn" style="padding:0px 2px 0px 2px;margin:0px"/>
     ${_('Admin journal')} - ${ungettext('%s entry', '%s entries', c.users_log.item_count) % (c.users_log.item_count)}
     </form>
@@ -33,13 +51,23 @@
 
 <script>
 YUE.on('q_filter','click',function(){
-    YUD.get('q_filter').value = '';
+	var qfilter = YUD.get('q_filter');
+	if(YUD.hasClass(qfilter, 'initial')){
+		qfilter.value = '';
+	}
+});
+var fix_q_filter_width = function(len){
+    YUD.setStyle(YUD.get('q_filter'),'width',Math.max(80, len*6.50)+'px');
+}
+YUE.on('q_filter','keyup',function(){
+	fix_q_filter_width(YUD.get('q_filter').value.length);
 });
 YUE.on('filter_form','submit',function(e){
 	YUE.preventDefault(e)
     var val = YUD.get('q_filter').value;
 	window.location = "${url.current(filter='__FILTER__')}".replace('__FILTER__',val);
- });
+});
+fix_q_filter_width(YUD.get('q_filter').value.length);
 </script>
 </%def>
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/admin/admin_log.html b/rhodecode/templates/admin/admin_log.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/admin/admin_log.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/admin/admin_log.html
@@ -39,20 +39,20 @@
 
 <script type="text/javascript">
   YUE.onDOMReady(function(){
-	YUE.delegate("user_log","click",function(e, matchedEl, container){
-		ypjax(e.target.href,"user_log",function(){
-			show_more_event();
-			tooltip_activate();
-			show_changeset_tooltip();
-		});
-		YUE.preventDefault(e);
-	},'.pager_link');
+    YUE.delegate("user_log","click",function(e, matchedEl, container){
+        ypjax(e.target.href,"user_log",function(){
+            show_more_event();
+            tooltip_activate();
+            show_changeset_tooltip();
+        });
+        YUE.preventDefault(e);
+    },'.pager_link');
 
-	YUE.delegate("user_log","click",function(e,matchedEl,container){
-	      var el = e.target;
-	      YUD.setStyle(YUD.get(el.id.substring(1)),'display','');
-	      YUD.setStyle(el.parentNode,'display','none');
-	  },'.show_more');
+    YUE.delegate("user_log","click",function(e,matchedEl,container){
+          var el = e.target;
+          YUD.setStyle(YUD.get(el.id.substring(1)),'display','');
+          YUD.setStyle(el.parentNode,'display','none');
+      },'.show_more');
   });
 </script>