diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/FolderNotificationsHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/FolderNotificationsHandler.java
index 1d0707e3dee255a5ee8104bfb2920252d2d5f2b4..73922db23925145975026b9fbf5532d5c22c07a6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/FolderNotificationsHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/FolderNotificationsHandler.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.olat.core.commons.modules.bc.FileInfo;
 import org.olat.core.commons.modules.bc.FolderManager;
+import org.olat.core.commons.services.doceditor.DocEditor;
+import org.olat.core.commons.services.doceditor.DocEditor.Mode;
 import org.olat.core.commons.services.notifications.NotificationHelper;
 import org.olat.core.commons.services.notifications.NotificationsHandler;
 import org.olat.core.commons.services.notifications.NotificationsManager;
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ import org.olat.core.commons.services.notifications.manager.NotificationsUpgrade
 import org.olat.core.commons.services.notifications.model.SubscriptionListItem;
 import org.olat.core.commons.services.notifications.model.TitleItem;
 import org.olat.core.commons.services.vfs.VFSMetadata;
+import org.olat.core.commons.services.vfs.VFSVersionModule;
 import org.olat.core.gui.translator.Translator;
 import org.olat.core.gui.util.CSSHelper;
 import org.olat.core.id.context.BusinessControlFactory;
@@ -78,6 +81,10 @@ public class FolderNotificationsHandler implements NotificationsHandler {
 	private NotificationsManager notificationsManager;
 	@Autowired
 	private BusinessGroupService businessGroupService;
+	@Autowired
+	private VFSVersionModule versionModule;
+	@Autowired
+	private List<DocEditor> editors;
 	
 	@Override
 	public SubscriptionInfo createSubscriptionInfo(final Subscriber subscriber, Locale locale, Date compareDate) {
@@ -125,7 +132,11 @@ public class FolderNotificationsHandler implements NotificationsHandler {
 					Long identityKey = fi.getAuthorIdentityKey();
 					Date modDate = fi.getLastModified();
 
-					String desc = translator.translate("notifications.entry", new String[] { title, NotificationHelper.getFormatedName(identityKey) });
+					// Documents may be edited with a document editor, so author is not the modifier
+					boolean anonymous = versionModule.getMaxNumberOfVersions() < 1 && hasDocumentEditor(fi.getMetaInfo());
+					String desc = anonymous
+							? translator.translate("notifications.entry.anonymous", new String[] { title })
+							: translator.translate("notifications.entry", new String[] { title, NotificationHelper.getFormatedName(identityKey) });
 					String urlToSend = null;
 					String businessPath = null;
 					if(p.getBusinessPath() != null) {
@@ -146,6 +157,15 @@ public class FolderNotificationsHandler implements NotificationsHandler {
 		return si;
 	}
 	
+	private boolean hasDocumentEditor(VFSMetadata metaInfo) {
+		String suffix = FileUtils.getFileSuffix(metaInfo.getFilename());
+		return editors.stream()
+				.filter(DocEditor::isEnable)
+				.filter(editor -> editor.isSupportingFormat(suffix, Mode.EDIT, true))
+				.findFirst()
+				.isPresent();
+	}
+
 	private void checkPublisher(Publisher p) {
 		try {
 			if("BusinessGroup".equals(p.getResName())) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_de.properties b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_de.properties
index b7a5b6275eb45d2e33ea323d1fcf49d3b1c4b555..c7d70ce2cb21f0d5db2f1fd26caec7aeeac6f162 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_de.properties
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_de.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #Mon Mar 02 09:54:04 CET 2009
 notifications.entry=Datei "{0}" von {1} ver\u00E4ndert
+notifications.entry.anonymous=Datei "{0}" ver\u00E4ndert
 notifications.header=In einem von Ihnen abonnierten Ordner befinden sich neue Dateien\:
 notifications.header.course=Ordner in Kurs "{0}"
 notifications.header.group=Ordner in Gruppe "{0}"
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_en.properties b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_en.properties
index b86581449a8975fcbb547bcc88f65ce0507e8c57..009b491db937ff54efc0138aa7bca0419b8fa368 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_en.properties
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_en.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #Sun Aug 15 17:55:18 CEST 2010
 notifications.entry=File "{0}" altered by {1}
+notifications.entry.anonymous=File "{0}" altered
 notifications.header=There are new files in a folder to which you subscribed\:
 notifications.header.course=Folder in course "{0}"
 notifications.header.group=Folder in group "{0}"
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_fr.properties b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_fr.properties
index c2fe50610793444e7f60b17539c19bf25a15d725..481ee0ffe599d607dcd5edc227f954bda01a2a4d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_fr.properties
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_fr.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #Tue Feb 09 01:33:27 CET 2010
 notifications.entry=Fichier "{0}" modifi\u00E9 par {1}
+notifications.entry.anonymous=Fichier "{0}" modifi\u00E9
 notifications.header=Dans un de vos dossiers abonn\u00E9s se trouvent de nouveaux fichiers\:
 notifications.header.course=Dossier dans le cours "{0}"
 notifications.header.group=Dossier dans le groupe "{0}"
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_it.properties b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_it.properties
index 471bf45a74ed3bfbce4e6c0972e3df0d2aab9ca8..1b9ca6d15095b4eb2ea20b9ca00cdfc1e1348728 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_it.properties
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_it.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #Thu Jun 17 15:44:21 CEST 2010
 notifications.entry=File "{0}" modificato da {1}
+notifications.entry.anonymous=File "{0}" modificato
 notifications.header=In una cartella da Lei abbonata si trovano nuovi file\:
 notifications.header.course=Cartella nel corso "{0}"
 notifications.header.group=Cartella nel gruppo "{0}"
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_nl_NL.properties b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_nl_NL.properties
index 519358a57d20ee68b5fdaa32a18a8b58f622aab2..1bacfb718aadd72fdee0856246a6dfab8788330a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_nl_NL.properties
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_nl_NL.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #Thu Sep 08 16:42:46 CEST 2011
 notifications.entry=Bestand "{0}" aangepast door {1}
+notifications.entry.anonymous=Bestand "{0}" aangepast
 notifications.header=Er zijn nieuwe bestanden in een map waarvoor u ingeschreven bent\:
 notifications.header.course=Map in cursus "{0}"
 notifications.header.group=Map in groep "{0}"
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_pl.properties b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_pl.properties
index 32a074e0f4151ee6215b802e82dd5ad6bcf2dfac..ee7cf79c35bdb945cf22df834a1ff2d0bee65577 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_pl.properties
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_pl.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #Sun Mar 14 22:29:30 CET 2010
 notifications.entry=Plik "{0}" zmieniony przez {1}
+notifications.entry.anonymous=Plik "{0}" zmieniony
 notifications.header=S\u0105 nowe pliki w folderze, kt\u00F3ry subskrybujesz\:
 notifications.header.course=Folder w kursie "{0}"
 notifications.header.group=Folder w grupie "{0}"
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_pt_BR.properties b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_pt_BR.properties
index 4c2931e1d71a8fa8e8c6d76e3583c9026516564d..4ba52c2888107aba7ff18d14f1b2e3f6c272e028 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_pt_BR.properties
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/commons/modules/bc/notifications/_i18n/LocalStrings_pt_BR.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #Wed Jun 09 14:44:22 CEST 2010
 notifications.entry=Arquivo "{0}" alterados por {1}
+notifications.entry.anonymous=Arquivo "{0}" alterados
 notifications.header=H\u00E1 novos arquivos em uma pasta \u00E0 qual voc\u00EA se inscreveu\:
 notifications.header.course=Pasta no curso "{0}"
 notifications.header.group=Pasta no grupo "{0}"