diff --git a/core/http/endpoints/localai/import_model.go b/core/http/endpoints/localai/import_model.go
index 083fe5ef9..6539051e8 100644
--- a/core/http/endpoints/localai/import_model.go
+++ b/core/http/endpoints/localai/import_model.go
@@ -131,7 +131,11 @@ func ImportModelURIEndpoint(cl *config.ModelConfigLoader, appConfig *config.Appl
 // @Description is enqueued on the gallery job queue and answered with a job id
 // @Description plus status URL to poll, like a gallery install; a config with
 // @Description no downloads is written synchronously and answered with a
-// @Description plain success response.
+// @Description plain success response. A queued import runs the gallery
+// @Description installer, which also adds recommended inference defaults the
+// @Description config leaves unset and installs the backend when automatic
+// @Description backend installation is enabled; the synchronous path stores
+// @Description the body as posted.
 // @Tags models
 // @Accept json
 // @Produce json
diff --git a/docs/content/getting-started/models.md b/docs/content/getting-started/models.md
index c182ae659..3473c83e7 100644
--- a/docs/content/getting-started/models.md
+++ b/docs/content/getting-started/models.md
@@ -143,15 +143,32 @@ This is especially useful for:
 - Setting up complex model setups
 - Editing existing model configurations
 
-When the configuration references remote assets — a URL in
-`parameters.model` or `mmproj`, or `download_files` entries — **Create**
-does not download them inside the request: the import is queued like a
-gallery installation, and the page reports the job's progress until the
-model is ready. The configuration file is written once every download
+When the configuration references remote assets, **Create** does not
+download them inside the request: the import is queued like a gallery
+installation, and the page reports the job's progress until the model is
+ready. These configurations are queued:
+
+- a URL in `parameters.model` or `mmproj`, or `download_files` entries;
+- an `hf://` reference or a bare `owner/repo` in `parameters.model`, on a
+  backend that consumes a model directory;
+- an explicit `artifacts:` block. The configuration file is written once every download
 has finished, so a failed download never leaves a config pointing at
 files that do not exist. A configuration that only references files
 already on disk is written immediately, as before.
 
+A queued import runs through the same installer as a gallery
+installation, so it differs from an immediate write in two ways:
+
+- Recommended sampling parameters for the model family (for example
+  `temperature` and `top_p`) are added under `parameters:` when the
+  configuration does not set them. The immediate write stores your
+  configuration exactly as posted.
+- When automatic backend installation is enabled, the backend named in the
+  configuration is installed as part of the job.
+
+Set the parameters you care about explicitly if you need the same stored
+file in both cases.
+
 The same split applies to the API behind the page: `POST /models/import`
 answers a queued import with a job id and a status URL to poll
 (`/models/jobs/{id}` — the same shape gallery installs use), and a
diff --git a/swagger/docs.go b/swagger/docs.go
index 22c6f2864..aea1ffe60 100644
--- a/swagger/docs.go
+++ b/swagger/docs.go
@@ -2859,7 +2859,7 @@ const docTemplate = `{
         },
         "/models/import": {
             "post": {
-                "description": "Writes the posted model configuration. A config referencing\nremote assets (download_files entries, URI-valued model/mmproj)\nis enqueued on the gallery job queue and answered with a job id\nplus status URL to poll, like a gallery install; a config with\nno downloads is written synchronously and answered with a\nplain success response.",
+                "description": "Writes the posted model configuration. A config referencing\nremote assets (download_files entries, URI-valued model/mmproj)\nis enqueued on the gallery job queue and answered with a job id\nplus status URL to poll, like a gallery install; a config with\nno downloads is written synchronously and answered with a\nplain success response. A queued import runs the gallery\ninstaller, which also adds recommended inference defaults the\nconfig leaves unset and installs the backend when automatic\nbackend installation is enabled; the synchronous path stores\nthe body as posted.",
                 "consumes": [
                     "application/json"
                 ],
diff --git a/swagger/swagger.json b/swagger/swagger.json
index 63be870c7..9f3b9e9ca 100644
--- a/swagger/swagger.json
+++ b/swagger/swagger.json
@@ -2856,7 +2856,7 @@
         },
         "/models/import": {
             "post": {
-                "description": "Writes the posted model configuration. A config referencing\nremote assets (download_files entries, URI-valued model/mmproj)\nis enqueued on the gallery job queue and answered with a job id\nplus status URL to poll, like a gallery install; a config with\nno downloads is written synchronously and answered with a\nplain success response.",
+                "description": "Writes the posted model configuration. A config referencing\nremote assets (download_files entries, URI-valued model/mmproj)\nis enqueued on the gallery job queue and answered with a job id\nplus status URL to poll, like a gallery install; a config with\nno downloads is written synchronously and answered with a\nplain success response. A queued import runs the gallery\ninstaller, which also adds recommended inference defaults the\nconfig leaves unset and installs the backend when automatic\nbackend installation is enabled; the synchronous path stores\nthe body as posted.",
                 "consumes": [
                     "application/json"
                 ],
diff --git a/swagger/swagger.yaml b/swagger/swagger.yaml
index 324261d67..e2019dd69 100644
--- a/swagger/swagger.yaml
+++ b/swagger/swagger.yaml
@@ -5628,7 +5628,11 @@ paths:
         is enqueued on the gallery job queue and answered with a job id
         plus status URL to poll, like a gallery install; a config with
         no downloads is written synchronously and answered with a
-        plain success response.
+        plain success response. A queued import runs the gallery
+        installer, which also adds recommended inference defaults the
+        config leaves unset and installs the backend when automatic
+        backend installation is enabled; the synchronous path stores
+        the body as posted.
       parameters:
       - description: model configuration (YAML or JSON body)
         in: body