diff --git a/dist/init/linux-systemd/README.md b/dist/init/linux-systemd/README.md
index 70d269a7c..aa3dd75a3 100644
--- a/dist/init/linux-systemd/README.md
+++ b/dist/init/linux-systemd/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ sudo useradd \
 sudo mkdir /etc/caddy
 sudo chown -R root:www-data /etc/caddy
 sudo mkdir /etc/ssl/caddy
-sudo chown -R www-data:root /etc/ssl/caddy
+sudo chown -R root:www-data /etc/ssl/caddy
 sudo chmod 0770 /etc/ssl/caddy
 ```