diff --git a/man4/null.4 b/man4/null.4
index 093432753..b968c5ed1 100644
--- a/man4/null.4
+++ b/man4/null.4
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ mknod -m 666 /dev/null c 1 3
 .br
 mknod -m 666 /dev/zero c 1 5
 .br
-chown root:mem /dev/null /dev/zero
+chown root:root /dev/null /dev/zero
 .sp
 .RE
 .SH NOTES