Index: branches/release-35/lib/MT/CMS/Search.pm
===================================================================
--- branches/release-35/lib/MT/CMS/Search.pm (revision 1866)
+++ branches/release-35/lib/MT/CMS/Search.pm (revision 1960)
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
           or return $app->error( $app->translate("No permissions") );
     }
-    return {
+    my $types = {
         'entry' => {
             'order' => 100,
@@ -255,5 +255,5 @@
         }
     };
-
+    return $types;
 }
 
@@ -293,9 +293,11 @@
       qw( search replace do_replace case is_regex is_limited _type is_junk is_dateranged replace_ids datefrom_year datefrom_month datefrom_day dateto_year dateto_month dateto_day from to show_all do_search orig_search quicksearch );
 
-
     if ( !$type || ( 'category' eq $type ) || ( 'folder' eq $type ) ) {
         $type = 'entry';
     }
-    
+    if ( ( 'user' eq $type ) ) {
+        $type = 'author';
+    }
+
     foreach my $obj_type (qw( role association )) {
         if ( $type eq $obj_type ) {
Index: branches/release-35/lib/MT/CMS/User.pm
===================================================================
--- branches/release-35/lib/MT/CMS/User.pm (revision 1908)
+++ branches/release-35/lib/MT/CMS/User.pm (revision 1960)
@@ -333,5 +333,5 @@
     $param->{saved} = 1 if $app->param('saved');
     $param->{search_label} = $app->translate('Users');
-    $param->{object_type} = 'author';
+    $param->{object_type} = 'user';
 
     require MT::Association;
