diff --git a/libexec/nuageinit/nuage.lua b/libexec/nuageinit/nuage.lua
index a554553b3e6..cbf92627918 100644
--- a/libexec/nuageinit/nuage.lua
+++ b/libexec/nuageinit/nuage.lua
@@ -832,6 +832,7 @@ local function addfile(file, defer)
 		root = ""
 	end
 	local filepath = root .. file.path
+	mkdir_p(dirname(filepath))
 	local f = assert(io.open(filepath, mode))
 	if content then
 		f:write(content)
diff --git a/libexec/nuageinit/nuageinit.7 b/libexec/nuageinit/nuageinit.7
index e1c4b9d6138..a3d9da2415d 100644
--- a/libexec/nuageinit/nuageinit.7
+++ b/libexec/nuageinit/nuageinit.7
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .\" Copyright (c) 2025 Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2025 Jesús Daniel Colmenares Oviedo <dtxdf@FreeBSD.org>
 .\"
-.Dd June 6, 2026
+.Dd June 8, 2026
 .Dt NUAGEINIT 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ and
 are supported for now.
 .It Ic path
 The path of the file to be created.
-.Pq Note intermerdiary directories will not be created .
+.Pq Note intermerdiary directories will be created .
 .It Ic permissions
 A string representing the permission of the file in octal.
 .It Ic owner