diff --git a/src/tap/config/tap_configuration_file.html b/src/tap/config/tap_configuration_file.html
index fd8ab7c5ed9910cbf4632852bba72a28ef04b888..f665039740d891c84ae0f9748ff326acb990763d 100644
--- a/src/tap/config/tap_configuration_file.html
+++ b/src/tap/config/tap_configuration_file.html
@@ -258,9 +258,12 @@
 				<td>text</td>
 				<td>
 					<p><strong>Mandatory if</strong> the value of "metadata" is "xml".</p>
-					<p>Local file path to the TableSet XML document. This XML must implement the schema TableSet defined by <a href="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VODataService/v1.1">VODataService</a>.</p>
+					<p>Local file path to the TableSet XML document.</p>
+					<p>The XML document must implement the schema TableSet defined by <a href="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VODataService/v1.1">VODataService</a>.</p>
+					<p>The file path must be either an absolute local file path or a file path relative to WebContent
+					(i.e. the web application directory in which there are WEB-INF and META-INF).</p>
 				</td>
-				<td>/home/foo/my_metadata.xml</td>
+				<td><ul><li>/home/foo/my_metadata.xml</li><li>my_metadata.xml</li><li>WEB-INF/my_metadata.xml</li></ul></td>
 			</tr>
 			
 			<tr><td colspan="5">Files</td></tr>
@@ -279,8 +282,12 @@
 				<td class="done">file_root_path</td>
 				<td></td>
 				<td>text</td>
-				<td>File path of the directory in which all TAP files (logs, errors, job results, backup, ...) must be.</td>
-				<td></td>
+				<td>
+					<p>Local file path of the directory in which all TAP files (logs, errors, job results, backup, ...) must be.</p>
+					<p>The file path must be either an absolute local directory path or a directory path relative to WebContent
+					(i.e. the web application directory in which there are WEB-INF and META-INF).</p>
+				</td>	
+				<td><ul><li>/home/my_home_dir/tapFiles</li><li>tapFiles</li><li>WEB-INF/tapFiles</li></ul></td>
 			</tr>
 			<tr class="optional">
 				<td class="done">directory_per_user</td>
diff --git a/src/tap/config/tap_full.properties b/src/tap/config/tap_full.properties
index 666f8da05f7a1127d706b3f0e64cd0e8e3baa6ec..db0930dfe357abc0a18be44475c196c5df89d873 100644
--- a/src/tap/config/tap_full.properties
+++ b/src/tap/config/tap_full.properties
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #             FULL TAP CONFIGURATION FILE                #
 #                                                        #
 # TAP Version: 2.0                                       #
-# Date: 19 Feb. 2015                                     #
+# Date: 27 Feb. 2015                                     #
 # Author: Gregory Mantelet (ARI)                         #
 #                                                        #
 ########################################################## 
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ metadata =
 
 # [MANDATORY]
 # Mandatory if the value of "metadata" is "xml".
-# Local file path to the TableSet XML document. This XML must implement the schema TableSet defined by VODataService (http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VODataService/v1.1).
+# Local file path to the TableSet XML document.
+# The XML document must implement the schema TableSet defined by VODataService.
+# The file path must be either an absolute local file path or a file path relative to WebContent (i.e. the web application directory in which there are WEB-INF and META-INF).
 metadata_file = 
 
 #########
@@ -148,7 +150,8 @@ metadata_file =
 file_manager = local
 
 # [MANDATORY]
-# File path of the directory in which all TAP files (logs, errors, job results, backup, ...) must be.
+# Local file path of the directory in which all TAP files (logs, errors, job results, backup, ...) must be.
+# The file path must be either an absolute local directory path or a directory path relative to WebContent (i.e. the web application directory in which there are WEB-INF and META-INF).
 file_root_path = 
 
 # [OPTIONAL]
diff --git a/src/tap/config/tap_min.properties b/src/tap/config/tap_min.properties
index 20f034c6878a99ed0be1fc336f3d0ce00a242eb0..2bfd5afc7a2df811cbeeff0f6ab2803233514893 100644
--- a/src/tap/config/tap_min.properties
+++ b/src/tap/config/tap_min.properties
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #            MINIMUM TAP CONFIGURATION FILE              #
 #                                                        #
 # TAP Version: 2.0                                       #
-# Date: 18 Feb. 2015                                     #
+# Date: 27 Feb. 2015                                     #
 # Author: Gregory Mantelet (ARI)                         #
 #                                                        #
 ########################################################## 
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ db_password =
 metadata =  
 
 # Mandatory if the value of "metadata" is "xml".
-# Local file path to the TableSet XML document. This XML must implement the schema TableSet defined by VODataService (http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VODataService/v1.1).
+# Local file path to the TableSet XML document.
+# The XML document must implement the schema TableSet defined by VODataService.
+# The file path must be either an absolute local file path or a file path relative to WebContent (i.e. the web application directory in which there are WEB-INF and META-INF).
 metadata_file = 
 
 #########
@@ -100,5 +102,6 @@ metadata_file =
 # Allowed values: local, a class name.
 file_manager = local
 
-# File path of the directory in which all TAP files (logs, errors, job results, backup, ...) must be.
+# Local file path of the directory in which all TAP files (logs, errors, job results, backup, ...) must be.
+# The file path must be either an absolute local directory path or a directory path relative to WebContent (i.e. the web application directory in which there are WEB-INF and META-INF).
 file_root_path =