diff --git a/openbis/source/java/service.properties b/openbis/source/java/service.properties
index 883c75d877b058a34201a9be7421bb908c3b66ce..e3bb9b3b4ce8a2c2573a086b0f3bd36eb54ee544 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/service.properties
+++ b/openbis/source/java/service.properties
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@ data-store-server-base-url =
 
 # The URL of the CIFEX server
 cifex-url = https://cifex.ethz.ch:443
-# Cifex user that will receive and automatically manage uploaded data
-cifex-recipient = cifexdatamanager
+
+# Cifex users that will receive and automatically manage uploaded data.
+# The user names should be prepended with 'id:' prefix for example: 
+# cifex-recipient = id:dropboxuser, id:backpuser
+cifex-recipient = id:cifexdatamanager
 
 # Hibernate Search
 # The working directory.