diff --git a/doc/ci/jobs/job_artifacts.md b/doc/ci/jobs/job_artifacts.md
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--- a/doc/ci/jobs/job_artifacts.md
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@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@ title: Job artifacts
 {{< /details >}}
 
 Jobs can output an archive of files and directories. This output is known as a job artifact.
+Artifacts can include build output or report files. By default, later jobs fetch a copy of
+all artifacts from jobs in earlier stages.
+
+For example, an early job can build a project and save the output as an artifact.
+Then a later job fetches the artifact and runs tests on the saved build output.
+
+For a full list of supported configuration for the `artifacts` keyword,
+see the [GitLab CI/CD YAML syntax reference](../yaml/_index.md#artifacts).
+
+Related topics:
+
+- [Job artifacts API](../../api/job_artifacts.md)
+- [Job artifacts administration](../../administration/cicd/job_artifacts.md)
 
 ## Create job artifacts
 
@@ -403,9 +416,3 @@ You can disable this behavior for all projects on GitLab Self-Managed with the
 
 You can disable this behavior for all projects on GitLab Self-Managed in the
 [instance's CI/CD settings](../../administration/settings/continuous_integration.md#keep-artifacts-from-latest-successful-pipelines).
-
-## Related topics
-
-- [GitLab CI/CD YAML syntax reference](../yaml/_index.md)
-- [Job artifacts API](../../api/job_artifacts.md)
-- [Job artifacts administration](../../administration/cicd/job_artifacts.md)