diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 53368ab7..1f32bb87 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -1423,6 +1423,7 @@ Description
     This value sets the maximum recursion depth.
 
     Special values:
+
     * ``0``: Recursion is disabled
     * ``-1``: Infinite recursion (don't do this)
 
@@ -1647,12 +1648,23 @@ Type
     ``string``
 Default
     ``"timeline"``
+Example
+    ``"https://twitter.com/search?q=from:{legacy[screen_name]}"``
 Description
-    Output format for user results from
-    ``following`` and ``list-members`` queries.
+    | Format string for user URLs generated from
+      ``following`` and ``list-members`` queries,
+    | whose replacement field values come from Twitter ``user`` objects
+      (`Example <https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mikf/99d2719b3845023326c7a4b6fb88dd04/raw/275b4f0541a2c7dc0a86d3998f7d253e8f10a588/github.json>`_)
 
-    * ``"timeline"``: ``https://twitter.com/i/user/USERID``
-    * ``"media"``: ``https://twitter.com/id:USERID/media``
+    Special values:
+
+    * ``"timeline"``: ``https://twitter.com/i/user/{rest_id}``
+    * ``"media"``: ``https://twitter.com/id:{rest_id}/media``
+
+    Note: To allow gallery-dl to follow custom URL formats, set the blacklist__
+    for ``twitter`` to a non-default value, e.g. an empty string ``""``.
+
+.. __: `extractor.*.blacklist & .whitelist`_
 
 
 extractor.twitter.videos
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
index af5c0a3d..a1c36317 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
@@ -225,16 +225,20 @@ class TwitterExtractor(Extractor):
         return cache[uid]
 
     def _users_result(self, users):
-        if self.config("users") == "media":
-            cls = TwitterMediaExtractor
-            fmt = "{}/id:{}/media".format
-        else:
+        userfmt = self.config("users")
+        if not userfmt or userfmt == "timeline":
             cls = TwitterTimelineExtractor
-            fmt = "{}/i/user/{}".format
+            fmt = (self.root + "/i/user/{rest_id}").format_map
+        elif userfmt == "media":
+            cls = TwitterMediaExtractor
+            fmt = (self.root + "/id:{rest_id}/media").format_map
+        else:
+            cls = None
+            fmt = userfmt.format_map
 
         for user in users:
             user["_extractor"] = cls
-            yield Message.Queue, fmt(self.root, user["rest_id"]), user
+            yield Message.Queue, fmt(user), user
 
     def metadata(self):
         """Return general metadata"""