diff --git a/dspace/config/dspace.cfg b/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
index 1b9fbe642d..27efad7459 100644
--- a/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
+++ b/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
@@ -1559,6 +1559,16 @@ webui.suggest.enable = false
 #
 # webui.session.invalidate = true
 
+# If you would like to use google analytics to track general website statistics then
+# use the following parameter to provide your analytics key. First sign up for an
+# account at http://analytics.google.com, then create an entry for your repositories
+# website. Analytics will give you a snipit of javascript code to place on your site,
+# inside that snip it is your google analytics key usually found in the line:
+# _uacct = "UA-XXXXXXX-X"
+# Take this key (just the UA-XXXXXX-X part) and place it here in this parameter.
+# jspui.google.analytics.key=UA-XXXXXX-X
+
+
 #---------------------------------------------------------------#
 #--------------XMLUI SPECIFIC CONFIGURATIONS--------------------#
 #---------------------------------------------------------------#