diff --git a/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/decryption_verification/MessageMetadata.java b/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/decryption_verification/MessageMetadata.java
index 4b55f268..041a5437 100644
--- a/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/decryption_verification/MessageMetadata.java
+++ b/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/decryption_verification/MessageMetadata.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class MessageMetadata {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return true, if the message was signed by a certificate for which we can authenticate a binding to the given userId.
+     * Return true, if the message was verifiably signed by a certificate for which we can authenticate a binding to the given userId.
      *
      * @param userId userId
      * @param email if true, treat the user-id as an email address and match all userIDs containing this address
diff --git a/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/encryption_signing/EncryptionOptions.java b/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/encryption_signing/EncryptionOptions.java
index b3293142..9d2aacee 100644
--- a/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/encryption_signing/EncryptionOptions.java
+++ b/pgpainless-core/src/main/java/org/pgpainless/encryption_signing/EncryptionOptions.java
@@ -115,6 +115,19 @@ public class EncryptionOptions {
         return new EncryptionOptions(EncryptionPurpose.STORAGE);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Identify authenticatable certificates for the given user-ID by querying the {@link CertificateAuthority} for
+     * identifiable bindings.
+     * Add all acceptable bindings, whose trust amount is larger or equal to the target amount to the list of recipients.
+     * @param userId userId
+     * @param email if true, treat the user-ID as an email address and match all user-IDs containing the mail address
+     * @param authority certificate authority
+     * @return encryption options
+     */
+    public EncryptionOptions addAuthenticatableRecipients(String userId, boolean email, CertificateAuthority authority) {
+        return addAuthenticatableRecipients(userId, email, authority, 120);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Identify authenticatable certificates for the given user-ID by querying the {@link CertificateAuthority} for
      * identifiable bindings.