diff --git a/groff.spec b/groff.spec
index 2b70f29..d4c7e7c 100644
--- a/groff.spec
+++ b/groff.spec
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ fi
 
 %files -f files-nonperl
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%dir %{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}
 %doc %{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}/*.me
 %doc %{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}/*.ps
 %doc %{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}/*.ms
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ fi
 %changelog
 * Fri Jun 17 2011 Jan Vcelak <jvcelak@redhat.com> 1.21-3
 - fix #678572: groffer libdir is incorrect
+- fix #709474: unowned groff doc dir
 
 * Wed Feb 09 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.21-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild