diff --git a/references/combustion-configuration.xml b/references/combustion-configuration.xml
index 76bd0b312..36fa9d8a2 100644
--- a/references/combustion-configuration.xml
+++ b/references/combustion-configuration.xml
@@ -149,12 +149,18 @@ echo "Configured with combustion" &gt; /etc/issue.d/combustion</screen>
       </para>
 <screen>
 sfdisk /dev/vdb &lt;&lt;EOF
+sleep 1
 label: gpt
 type=linux
 EOF
 
 partition=/dev/vdb1
 </screen>
+<para>
+  As the <command>sfdisk</command> command may take longer time to complete, postpone
+  <command>label</command> by using the
+  <command>sleep</command> command after <command>sfdisk</command>.
+</para>
       <para>
         The partition is formatted to Btrfs:
       </para>