Merge branch 'docs-permissions-owner-clarify' into 'master'

Clarify in permissions doc: owner is at group level not project

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!23628

doc/user/permissions.md

@@ -37,11 +37,12 @@ usernames. A GitLab administrator can configure the GitLab instance to
 NOTE: **Note:**
 In GitLab 11.0, the Master role was renamed to Maintainer.
 
-While Maintainer is the highest project-level role, some actions can only be performed by a personal namespace or group owner.
+While Maintainer is the highest project-level role, some actions can only be performed by a personal namespace or group owner,
+or an instance admin, who receives all permissions.
 
 The following table depicts the various user permission levels in a project.
 
-| Action                                            | Guest   | Reporter   | Developer   |Maintainer| Owner  |
+| Action                                            | Guest   | Reporter   | Developer   |Maintainer| Owner* |
 |---------------------------------------------------|---------|------------|-------------|----------|--------|
 | Download project                                  | ✓ (*1*) | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
 | Leave comments                                    | ✓ (*1*) | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
@@ -138,10 +139,11 @@ The following table depicts the various user permission levels in a project.
 | Force push to protected branches (*4*)            |         |            |             |          |        |
 | Remove protected branches (*4*)                   |         |            |             |          |        |
 
-- (*1*): Guest users are able to perform this action on public and internal projects, but not private projects.
-- (*2*): Guest users can only view the confidential issues they created themselves
-- (*3*): If **Public pipelines** is enabled in **Project Settings > CI/CD**
-- (*4*): Not allowed for Guest, Reporter, Developer, Maintainer, or Owner. See [Protected Branches](./project/protected_branches.md).
+\* Owner permission is only available at the group or personal namespace level (and for instance admins) and is inherited by its projects.  
+(*1*): Guest users are able to perform this action on public and internal projects, but not private projects.  
+(*2*): Guest users can only view the confidential issues they created themselves.  
+(*3*): If **Public pipelines** is enabled in **Project Settings > CI/CD**.  
+(*4*): Not allowed for Guest, Reporter, Developer, Maintainer, or Owner. See [Protected Branches](./project/protected_branches.md).
 
 ## Project features permissions