diff --git a/chapter05/installasuser.xml b/chapter05/installasuser.xml
index 4fff1a36e..4512bd5e4 100644
--- a/chapter05/installasuser.xml
+++ b/chapter05/installasuser.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ passwd lfs</userinput></screen></para>
 so user "lfs" will have write access to it. Run the following command
 as root to change the ownership of the LFS partition to user "lfs":</para>
 
-<para><screen><userinput>chown lfs $LFS</userinput></screen></para>
+<para><screen><userinput>chown -R lfs $LFS</userinput></screen></para>
 
 <para>Now you can login as user "lfs". You can do this two ways: either
 the normal way through the console or the display manager, or with