diff --git a/docs/installation/3-netbox.md b/docs/installation/3-netbox.md
index c583d08fe..1699d03bf 100644
--- a/docs/installation/3-netbox.md
+++ b/docs/installation/3-netbox.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Create a system user account named `netbox`. We'll configure the WSGI and HTTP s
 
 ```
 # groupadd --system netbox
-# adduser --system --gid netbox netbox
+# useradd --system --gid netbox netbox
 # chown --recursive netbox /opt/netbox/netbox/media/
 ```