diff --git a/src/features/linodes/LinodesCreate/LinodeCreateContainer.tsx b/src/features/linodes/LinodesCreate/LinodeCreateContainer.tsx
index 54d6c1151d3..f0bbad4625d 100644
--- a/src/features/linodes/LinodesCreate/LinodeCreateContainer.tsx
+++ b/src/features/linodes/LinodesCreate/LinodeCreateContainer.tsx
@@ -307,7 +307,10 @@ class LinodeCreateContainer extends React.PureComponent<CombinedProps, State> {
       arg2 = selectedRegion ? selectedRegion.id : '';
     }
 
-    arg3 = this.props.createType;
+    if (this.props.createType === 'fromLinode') {
+      // @todo handle any other custom label cases we'd like to have here
+      arg3 = 'clone';
+    }
 
     return getLabel(arg1, arg2, arg3);
   };
diff --git a/src/features/linodes/LinodesCreate/withLabelGenerator.tsx b/src/features/linodes/LinodesCreate/withLabelGenerator.tsx
index 2f639b186c5..f0146b0e8a9 100644
--- a/src/features/linodes/LinodesCreate/withLabelGenerator.tsx
+++ b/src/features/linodes/LinodesCreate/withLabelGenerator.tsx
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export default withLabelGenerator;
 
 // Utilities
 
-// Searches 'existingLabels' and appends a zero-padded incrementer to the original label
+// Searches 'existingLabels' and appends a zero-padded increment-er to the original label
 export const dedupeLabel = (
   label: string,
   existingLabels: string[]