diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/etc/service.properties b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/etc/service.properties
index a84d4b29fe04e0ecd8ac8c9ccacfb5bcf2938677..7f0b3f2f7a01b3e886286464a8e00c723bcad1f5 100644
--- a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/etc/service.properties
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/etc/service.properties
@@ -48,8 +48,11 @@ shutdown-timeout = 180
 
 # If free disk space goes below value defined here, a notification email will be sent.
 # 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.
+# specified or if value is negative, the system will not be watching. There are 2 different kinds
+# of highwater mark supported: the one that is checking the space on the store, and one that is
+# checking the amount of free space for recovery state (on the local filesystem). 
 highwater-mark = -1
+recovery-highwater-mark = -1
 
 # If a data set is successfully registered it sends out an email to the registrator. 
 # If this property is not specified, no email is sent to the registrator. This property