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diff --git a/doc/examples/cloud-config-power-state.txt b/doc/examples/cloud-config-power-state.txt
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+++ b/doc/examples/cloud-config-power-state.txt
@@ -12,11 +12,20 @@
# that may go to the console as a result of system services like
# syslog being taken down while cloud-init is running.
#
+# If you delay '+5' (5 minutes) and have a timeout of
+# 120 (2 minutes), then the max time until shutdown will be 7 minutes.
+# cloud-init will invoke 'shutdown +5' after the process finishes, or
+# when 'timeout' seconds have elapsed.
+#
# delay: form accepted by shutdown. default is 'now'. other format
# accepted is +m (m in minutes)
# mode: required. must be one of 'poweroff', 'halt', 'reboot'
# message: provided as the message argument to 'shutdown'. default is none.
+# timeout: the amount of time to give the cloud-init process to finish
+# before executing shutdown.
+#
power_state:
- delay: 30
+ delay: "+30"
mode: poweroff
message: Bye Bye
+ timeout: 30