diff --git a/chapter07/changingowner.xml b/chapter07/changingowner.xml
index d86c9d9b1..38f9d9db1 100644
--- a/chapter07/changingowner.xml
+++ b/chapter07/changingowner.xml
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
   user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> by running the following
   command:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>chown -R root:root $LFS/{usr,lib,var,etc,bin,sbin,tools}
+<screen><userinput>chown --from lfs -R root:root $LFS/{usr,lib,var,etc,bin,sbin,tools}
 case $(uname -m) in
-  x86_64) chown -R root:root $LFS/lib64 ;;
+  x86_64) chown --from lfs -R root:root $LFS/lib64 ;;
 esac</userinput></screen>
 
   <para arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all">Some more directories exists for