diff --git a/docs/installation/3-netbox.md b/docs/installation/3-netbox.md
index 5237e617e..c583d08fe 100644
--- a/docs/installation/3-netbox.md
+++ b/docs/installation/3-netbox.md
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ Create a system user account named `netbox`. We'll configure the WSGI and HTTP s
     CentOS users may need to create the `netbox` group first.
 
 ```
-# adduser --system --group netbox
+# groupadd --system netbox
+# adduser --system --gid netbox netbox
 # chown --recursive netbox /opt/netbox/netbox/media/
 ```