diff --git a/docs/source/en/tutorials/basic_training.md b/docs/source/en/tutorials/basic_training.md
index 402c8c59b1..f8c4a5b84b 100644
--- a/docs/source/en/tutorials/basic_training.md
+++ b/docs/source/en/tutorials/basic_training.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ For convenience, create a `TrainingConfig` class containing the training hyperpa
 
 ...     push_to_hub = True  # whether to upload the saved model to the HF Hub
 ...     hub_model_id = "<your-username>/<my-awesome-model>"  # the name of the repository to create on the HF Hub
-...     hub_private_repo = False
+...     hub_private_repo = None
 ...     overwrite_output_dir = True  # overwrite the old model when re-running the notebook
 ...     seed = 0
 
diff --git a/docs/source/ko/tutorials/basic_training.md b/docs/source/ko/tutorials/basic_training.md
index f34507b50c..5b08bb39d6 100644
--- a/docs/source/ko/tutorials/basic_training.md
+++ b/docs/source/ko/tutorials/basic_training.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ huggingface-cli login
 ...     output_dir = "ddpm-butterflies-128"  # 로컬 및 HF Hub에 저장되는 모델명
 
 ...     push_to_hub = True  # 저장된 모델을 HF Hub에 업로드할지 여부
-...     hub_private_repo = False
+...     hub_private_repo = None
 ...     overwrite_output_dir = True  # 노트북을 다시 실행할 때 이전 모델에 덮어씌울지
 ...     seed = 0
 
diff --git a/src/diffusers/configuration_utils.py b/src/diffusers/configuration_utils.py
index 11d45dc64d..d21ada6fbe 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/configuration_utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/configuration_utils.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class ConfigMixin:
 
         if push_to_hub:
             commit_message = kwargs.pop("commit_message", None)
-            private = kwargs.pop("private", False)
+            private = kwargs.pop("private", None)
             create_pr = kwargs.pop("create_pr", False)
             token = kwargs.pop("token", None)
             repo_id = kwargs.pop("repo_id", save_directory.split(os.path.sep)[-1])
diff --git a/src/diffusers/models/modeling_flax_utils.py b/src/diffusers/models/modeling_flax_utils.py
index 8c35fab0fc..1e61a56ec3 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/models/modeling_flax_utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/models/modeling_flax_utils.py
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ class FlaxModelMixin(PushToHubMixin):
 
         if push_to_hub:
             commit_message = kwargs.pop("commit_message", None)
-            private = kwargs.pop("private", False)
+            private = kwargs.pop("private", None)
             create_pr = kwargs.pop("create_pr", False)
             token = kwargs.pop("token", None)
             repo_id = kwargs.pop("repo_id", save_directory.split(os.path.sep)[-1])
diff --git a/src/diffusers/models/modeling_utils.py b/src/diffusers/models/modeling_utils.py
index 4a486fd4ce..76f6c5f630 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/models/modeling_utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/models/modeling_utils.py
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class ModelMixin(torch.nn.Module, PushToHubMixin):
 
         if push_to_hub:
             commit_message = kwargs.pop("commit_message", None)
-            private = kwargs.pop("private", False)
+            private = kwargs.pop("private", None)
             create_pr = kwargs.pop("create_pr", False)
             token = kwargs.pop("token", None)
             repo_id = kwargs.pop("repo_id", save_directory.split(os.path.sep)[-1])
diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_flax_utils.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_flax_utils.py
index c4c212873a..f7b1011241 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_flax_utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_flax_utils.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class FlaxDiffusionPipeline(ConfigMixin, PushToHubMixin):
 
         if push_to_hub:
             commit_message = kwargs.pop("commit_message", None)
-            private = kwargs.pop("private", False)
+            private = kwargs.pop("private", None)
             create_pr = kwargs.pop("create_pr", False)
             token = kwargs.pop("token", None)
             repo_id = kwargs.pop("repo_id", save_directory.split(os.path.sep)[-1])
diff --git a/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py b/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py
index 2e1858b161..a4faacb449 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/pipelines/pipeline_utils.py
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class DiffusionPipeline(ConfigMixin, PushToHubMixin):
 
         if push_to_hub:
             commit_message = kwargs.pop("commit_message", None)
-            private = kwargs.pop("private", False)
+            private = kwargs.pop("private", None)
             create_pr = kwargs.pop("create_pr", False)
             token = kwargs.pop("token", None)
             repo_id = kwargs.pop("repo_id", save_directory.split(os.path.sep)[-1])
diff --git a/src/diffusers/utils/hub_utils.py b/src/diffusers/utils/hub_utils.py
index 448e925097..ef4715ee0e 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/utils/hub_utils.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/utils/hub_utils.py
@@ -564,7 +564,8 @@ class PushToHubMixin:
             commit_message (`str`, *optional*):
                 Message to commit while pushing. Default to `"Upload {object}"`.
             private (`bool`, *optional*):
-                Whether or not the repository created should be private.
+                Whether to make the repo private. If `None` (default), the repo will be public unless the
+                organization's default is private. This value is ignored if the repo already exists.
             token (`str`, *optional*):
                 The token to use as HTTP bearer authorization for remote files. The token generated when running
                 `huggingface-cli login` (stored in `~/.huggingface`).