diff --git a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
index 3df55937c4..2ecb8fb174 100644
--- a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
+++ b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ def parse_args(input_args=None):
         ),
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "--center_crop", action="store_true", help="Whether to center crop images before resizing to resolution"
+        "--center_crop",
+        default=False,
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Whether to center crop images before resizing to resolution. If not set, images are randomly cropped.",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--train_text_encoder",