diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 642a124eac..5278c7e7cc 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -630,6 +630,21 @@ r! /tmp/.X[0-9]*-lock</programlisting>
               <entry>Kernel release</entry>
               <entry>Identical to <command>uname -r</command> output.</entry>
             </row>
+            <row>
+              <entry><literal>%U</literal></entry>
+              <entry>User UID</entry>
+              <entry>This is the numeric UID of the user running the service manager instance. In case of the system manager this resolves to <constant>0</constant>.</entry>
+            </row>
+            <row>
+              <entry><literal>%u</literal></entry>
+              <entry>User name</entry>
+              <entry>This is the name of the user running the service manager instance. In case of the system manager this resolves to <literal>root</literal>.</entry>
+            </row>
+            <row>
+              <entry><literal>%h</literal></entry>
+              <entry>User home directory</entry>
+              <entry>This is the home directory of the user running the service manager instance. In case of the system manager this resolves to <literal>/root</literal>.</entry>
+            </row>
             <row>
               <entry><literal>%%</literal></entry>
               <entry>Escaped %</entry>
diff --git a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
index c49c208078..4a9c55462f 100644
--- a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
+++ b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
@@ -174,6 +174,10 @@ static const Specifier specifier_table[] = {
         { 'b', specifier_boot_id, NULL },
         { 'H', specifier_host_name, NULL },
         { 'v', specifier_kernel_release, NULL },
+
+        { 'U', specifier_user_id, NULL },
+        { 'u', specifier_user_name, NULL },
+        { 'h', specifier_user_home, NULL },
         {}
 };