diff --git a/general/sysutils/logrotate.xml b/general/sysutils/logrotate.xml
index 1e3deab60c..f42fee1901 100644
--- a/general/sysutils/logrotate.xml
+++ b/general/sysutils/logrotate.xml
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ chmod -v 0644 /etc/logrotate.conf</userinput></screen>
   in the <filename class='directory'>/etc/logrotate.d</filename> directory.
   For example:</para>
 
-<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/logrotate.d/sys.log &lt;&lt; EOF
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/logrotate.d/sys.log &lt;&lt; EOF
 <literal>/var/log/sys.log {
    # If the log file is larger than 100kb, rotate it
    size   100k