diff --git a/docs/installation/manual/installing-composer-drush-and-drupal.md b/docs/installation/manual/installing-composer-drush-and-drupal.md
index 0982a0058..0d055d138 100644
--- a/docs/installation/manual/installing-composer-drush-and-drupal.md
+++ b/docs/installation/manual/installing-composer-drush-and-drupal.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Islandora modules as you desire.
 On a default Ubuntu install the `/var/www` directory is owned by root, but we want the webserver to control this space, so we'll give it ownership:
 
 ```bash
-sudo chown -R /var/www
+sudo chown -R www-data: /var/www
 ```