diff --git a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.cpp b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.cpp
index 4f1086d19..4754a3343 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionLayout.cpp
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ PartitionLayout::execute( Device* dev,
         PartitionInfo::setMountPoint( currentPartition, part.partMountPoint );
         if ( !part.partLabel.isEmpty() )
         {
+            currentPartition->setLabel( part.partLabel );
             currentPartition->fileSystem().setLabel( part.partLabel );
         }
         if ( !part.partFeatures.isEmpty() )
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/partition.conf b/src/modules/partition/partition.conf
index 5b7d5ee60..d109baba3 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/partition.conf
+++ b/src/modules/partition/partition.conf
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ defaultFileSystemType:  "ext4"
 #       size: 100%
 #
 # There can be any number of partitions, each entry having the following attributes:
-#   - name: partition label
+#   - name: filesystem label
+#           and
+#           partition name (gpt only; since KPMCore 4.2.0)
 #   - filesystem: filesystem type
 #   - mountPoint: partition mount point
 #   - size: partition size in bytes (append 'K', 'M' or 'G' for KiB, MiB or GiB)