diff --git a/integration-tests/templates/datamover-analysis/etc/service.properties b/integration-tests/templates/datamover-analysis/etc/service.properties
index 101d54d0b6ca908161a39e3f53ea73bb6894128b..c6782798e1fab47030fbdb1782e9ff5f6895320d 100644
--- a/integration-tests/templates/datamover-analysis/etc/service.properties
+++ b/integration-tests/templates/datamover-analysis/etc/service.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 incoming-dir = ../data/in-analysis
 buffer-dir = data/buffer
+# Value must be specified in kilobytes (1048576 = 1024 * 1024 = 1GB). If no high water mark is
+# specified or if value is negative, the system will not be watching.
+buffer-dir.highwater-mark = 1048576
 outgoing-dir = ../data/out-analysis
+# outgoing-dir.highwater-mark = 1048576
 manual-intervention-dir = data/manual_intervention
 check-interval = 2
 quiet-period = 5
diff --git a/integration-tests/templates/datamover-raw/etc/service.properties b/integration-tests/templates/datamover-raw/etc/service.properties
index 657bd94d135b0a8c9024d919534a80c31768c746..b57e98c7166ea14b5e53512986377dc348b7dcde 100644
--- a/integration-tests/templates/datamover-raw/etc/service.properties
+++ b/integration-tests/templates/datamover-raw/etc/service.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 incoming-dir = ../data/in-raw
 buffer-dir = data/buffer
+# Value must be specified in kilobytes (1048576 = 1024 * 1024 = 1GB). If no high water mark is
+# specified or if value is negative, the system will not be watching.
+buffer-dir.highwater-mark = 1048576
 outgoing-dir = ../data/out-raw
+# outgoing-dir.highwater-mark = 1048576
 manual-intervention-dir = data/manual_intervention
 extra-copy-dir = ../data/analysis-copy
 treat-incoming-as-remote = true