diff --git a/docs/install.sh b/docs/install.sh
index 8a911a83..8c96144d 100755
--- a/docs/install.sh
+++ b/docs/install.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
     --mode disko \
     "nixos/hosts/$TARGET_HOST/disks.nix"
 
+  echo ""
+  echo " ---- "
+  echo " ---- Disk formatting complete "
+  echo " ---- "
+  echo ""
+  echo "Sleeping 5s before proceeding..."
+  sleep 5
+
   sudo nixos-install --no-root-password --flake ".#$TARGET_HOST"
 
   # Rsync nix-config to the target install.
@@ -83,4 +91,4 @@ if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
     sudo cp /mnt-root/etc/swap.key /mnt/etc/swap.key
     sudo chmod 0400 /mnt/etc/swap.key
   fi
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi