diff --git a/pkg/storaged/block/actions.jsx b/pkg/storaged/block/actions.jsx
index 0d32ae06467..d39fd89ec1a 100644
--- a/pkg/storaged/block/actions.jsx
+++ b/pkg/storaged/block/actions.jsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import cockpit from "cockpit";
 import client from "../client";
 
-import { format_disk } from "./format-disk-dialog.jsx";
+import { initialize_disk_dialog } from "../partitions/initialize-disk-dialog.jsx";
 import { format_dialog } from "./format-dialog.jsx";
 import { format_swap_dialog } from "../swap/format-dialog.jsx";
 import { erase_dialog } from "./erase-dialog.jsx";
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ export function block_actions(block, kind) {
     if (client.blocks_available[block.path]) {
         if (kind == "part") {
             actions.push({
-                title: _("Create partitions"),
-                action: () => format_disk(block),
+                title: _("Initialize for partitions"),
+                action: () => initialize_disk_dialog(block),
                 primary: true,
                 excuse,
             });
diff --git a/pkg/storaged/block/format-disk-dialog.jsx b/pkg/storaged/partitions/initialize-disk-dialog.jsx
similarity index 72%
rename from pkg/storaged/block/format-disk-dialog.jsx
rename to pkg/storaged/partitions/initialize-disk-dialog.jsx
index 502c02ba4fc..26243ecd313 100644
--- a/pkg/storaged/block/format-disk-dialog.jsx
+++ b/pkg/storaged/partitions/initialize-disk-dialog.jsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import client from "../client";
 
 import {
     dialog_open,
-    SelectOne,
+    SelectOneRadioVertical,
     BlockingMessage, TeardownMessage,
     init_teardown_usage
 } from "../dialog.jsx";
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ import { job_progress_wrapper } from "../jobs-panel.jsx";
 
 const _ = cockpit.gettext;
 
-export function format_disk(block) {
-    const usage = get_active_usage(client, block.path, _("initialize"), _("delete"));
+export function initialize_disk_dialog(block) {
+    const usage = get_active_usage(client, block.path, _("write partition table"), _("delete"));
 
     if (usage.Blocking) {
         dialog_open({
@@ -42,24 +42,24 @@ export function format_disk(block) {
         return;
     }
 
+    const offer_mbr = block.Size < 2 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024; // 2 TiB
+
     dialog_open({
-        Title: cockpit.format(_("Create partitions on $0"), block_name(block)),
+        Title: cockpit.format(_("Initialize $0 for partitions"), block_name(block)),
         Teardown: TeardownMessage(usage),
         Fields: [
-            SelectOne("type", _("Type"),
+            SelectOneRadioVertical("type", _("Type"),
                       {
                           value: "gpt",
                           choices: [
-                              { value: "dos", title: _("Compatible with all systems and devices (MBR)") },
-                              {
-                                  value: "gpt",
-                                  title: _("Compatible with modern system and hard disks > 2TB (GPT)")
-                              },
-                          ]
+                              { value: "gpt", title: _("Modern (GPT)") },
+                              { value: "dos", title: _("Legacy (MBR)") },
+                          ],
+                          visible: () => offer_mbr,
                       }),
         ],
         Action: {
-            Title: _("Create partition table"),
+            Title: _("Initialize for partitions"),
             wrapper: job_progress_wrapper(client, block.path),
             disable_on_error: usage.Teardown,
             action: async function (vals) {
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export function format_disk(block) {
                 };
 
                 await teardown_active_usage(client, usage);
-                await block.Format(vals.type, options);
+                await block.Format(offer_mbr ? vals.type : "gpt", options);
                 await reload_systemd();
             }
         },