2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index a85a874f130..33f613fda68 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-04-11  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
+
+        * ls-lisp.el (ls-lisp-format): Leave a blank before "root".
+
 2001-04-11  John Wiegley  <johnw@gnu.org>
 
         * eshell/em-ls.el (eshell-ls-insert-directory): Set
diff --git a/lisp/ls-lisp.el b/lisp/ls-lisp.el
index bac2fc82b15..d8f52df45ea 100644
--- a/lisp/ls-lisp.el
+++ b/lisp/ls-lisp.el
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ SWITCHES, TIME-INDEX and NOW give the full switch list and time data."
                         (memq 'gid ls-lisp-verbosity))
                     (if (memq system-type '(macos windows-nt ms-dos))
                         ;; No useful concept of group...
-                        "root"
+                        " root"
                       (let* ((gid (nth 3 file-attr))
                              (group (user-login-name gid)))
                         (if group