diff --git a/man/man8/ftpd_selinux.8 b/man/man8/ftpd_selinux.8
index 9e194812a..5bebd82d4 100644
--- a/man/man8/ftpd_selinux.8
+++ b/man/man8/ftpd_selinux.8
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Allow ftp servers to read the /var/ftp directory by adding the public_content_t
 semanage fcontext -a -t public_content_t "/var/ftp(/.*)?"
 .TP
 .B
-restorecon -R -v /var/ftp
+restorecon -F -R -v /var/ftp
 .TP
 Allow ftp servers to read and write /var/tmp/incoming by adding the public_content_rw_t type to the directory and by restoring the file type.  This also requires the allow_ftpd_anon_write boolean to be set.
 .PP
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Allow ftp servers to read and write /var/tmp/incoming by adding the public_conte
 semanage fcontext -a -t public_content_rw_t "/var/ftp/incoming(/.*)?"
 .TP
 .B
-restorecon -R -v /var/ftp/incoming
+restorecon -F -R -v /var/ftp/incoming
 
 .SH BOOLEANS
 .PP