diff --git a/content/organizations/managing-user-access-to-your-organizations-repositories/managing-repository-roles/setting-base-permissions-for-an-organization.md b/content/organizations/managing-user-access-to-your-organizations-repositories/managing-repository-roles/setting-base-permissions-for-an-organization.md
index 4b281a7ff639..efb4cf11f6b2 100644
--- a/content/organizations/managing-user-access-to-your-organizations-repositories/managing-repository-roles/setting-base-permissions-for-an-organization.md
+++ b/content/organizations/managing-user-access-to-your-organizations-repositories/managing-repository-roles/setting-base-permissions-for-an-organization.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ shortTitle: Set base permissions
 
 You can set base permissions that apply to all members of an organization when accessing any of the organization's repositories. Base permissions do not apply to outside collaborators.
 
-{% ifversion fpt or ghec %}By default, members of an organization will have **Read** permissions to the organization's repositories.{% endif %}
+{% ifversion fpt or ghec %}By default, members of an organization will have **Read** permissions to the organization's public repositories.{% endif %}
 
 If someone with admin access to an organization's repository grants a member a higher level of access for the repository, the higher level of access overrides the base permission.