diff --git a/docs/running-headscale-linux.md b/docs/running-headscale-linux.md
index e3e9699..89d02e8 100644
--- a/docs/running-headscale-linux.md
+++ b/docs/running-headscale-linux.md
@@ -31,7 +31,13 @@ mkdir -p /etc/headscale
 # Directory for Database, and other variable data (like certificates)
 mkdir -p /var/lib/headscale
 # or if you create a headscale user:
-useradd -md /var/lib/headscale/ -rUs /usr/bin/nologin headscale
+useradd \
+	--create-home \
+	--home-dir /var/lib/headscale/ \
+	--system \
+	--user-group \
+	--shell /usr/bin/nologin \
+	headscale
 ```
 
 4. Create an empty SQLite database: