diff --git a/man4/random.4 b/man4/random.4
index a3663fa63..db6a5765c 100644
--- a/man4/random.4
+++ b/man4/random.4
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ If your system does not have
 can be created with the following commands:
 
 .nf
-    mknod \-m 644 /dev/random c 1 8
-    mknod \-m 644 /dev/urandom c 1 9
+    mknod \-m 666 /dev/random c 1 8
+    mknod \-m 666 /dev/urandom c 1 9
     chown root:root /dev/random /dev/urandom
 .fi