diff --git a/sbin/newfs/mkfs.c b/sbin/newfs/mkfs.c
index f831e8abd10a..7c4a19afcd11 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs/mkfs.c
+++ b/sbin/newfs/mkfs.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: mkfs.c,v 1.34 1999/03/11 20:23:58 wrstuden Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: mkfs.c,v 1.35 1999/03/16 21:52:34 wrstuden Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1980, 1989, 1993
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #if 0
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)mkfs.c	8.11 (Berkeley) 5/3/95";
 #else
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: mkfs.c,v 1.34 1999/03/11 20:23:58 wrstuden Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: mkfs.c,v 1.35 1999/03/16 21:52:34 wrstuden Exp $");
 #endif
 #endif /* not lint */
 
@@ -896,6 +896,8 @@ fsinit(utime)
 	node.di_size = sblock.fs_bsize;
 	node.di_db[0] = alloc(node.di_size, node.di_mode);
 	node.di_blocks = btodb(fragroundup(&sblock, node.di_size));
+	node.di_uid = geteuid();
+	node.di_gid = getegid();
 	wtfs(fsbtodb(&sblock, node.di_db[0]), node.di_size, buf);
 	iput(&node, LOSTFOUNDINO);
 #endif
@@ -913,6 +915,8 @@ fsinit(utime)
 		node.di_size = makedir(root_dir, PREDEFDIR);
 	node.di_db[0] = alloc(sblock.fs_fsize, node.di_mode);
 	node.di_blocks = btodb(fragroundup(&sblock, node.di_size));
+	node.di_uid = geteuid();
+	node.di_gid = getegid();
 	wtfs(fsbtodb(&sblock, node.di_db[0]), sblock.fs_fsize, buf);
 	iput(&node, ROOTINO);
 }
diff --git a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8 b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
index d68164159ad0..e6fe44f68811 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
+++ b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: newfs.8,v 1.22 1999/03/07 11:02:06 mycroft Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: newfs.8,v 1.23 1999/03/16 21:52:34 wrstuden Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -289,6 +289,10 @@ If the file system will be exported over NFS, the
 utility should be run after
 .Nm
 to improve security.
+.Pp
+The owner and group ids of the root node of the new filesystem
+are set to the effective uid and gid of the user initializing
+the filesystem.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr disktab 5 ,
 .Xr fs 5 ,