diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/CreateRoomDialog.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/CreateRoomDialog.tsx
index a06f508908..572212a96c 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/CreateRoomDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/CreateRoomDialog.tsx
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ export default class CreateRoomDialog extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
                 &nbsp;
                 { _t("You can change this at any time from room settings.") }
             </p>;
-        } else if (this.state.joinRule === JoinRule.Public) {
+        } else if (this.state.joinRule === JoinRule.Public && this.props.parentSpace) {
             publicPrivateLabel = <p>
                 { _t(
                     "Anyone will be able to find and join this room, not just members of <SpaceName/>.", {}, {
@@ -260,6 +260,12 @@ export default class CreateRoomDialog extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
                 &nbsp;
                 { _t("You can change this at any time from room settings.") }
             </p>;
+        } else if (this.state.joinRule === JoinRule.Public) {
+            publicPrivateLabel = <p>
+                { _t("Anyone will be able to find and join this room.") }
+                &nbsp;
+                { _t("You can change this at any time from room settings.") }
+            </p>;
         } else if (this.state.joinRule === JoinRule.Invite) {
             publicPrivateLabel = <p>
                 { _t(
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index 0ca7b9da9e..53b832d1b2 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -2200,6 +2200,7 @@
     "Everyone in <SpaceName/> will be able to find and join this room.": "Everyone in <SpaceName/> will be able to find and join this room.",
     "You can change this at any time from room settings.": "You can change this at any time from room settings.",
     "Anyone will be able to find and join this room, not just members of <SpaceName/>.": "Anyone will be able to find and join this room, not just members of <SpaceName/>.",
+    "Anyone will be able to find and join this room.": "Anyone will be able to find and join this room.",
     "Only people invited will be able to find and join this room.": "Only people invited will be able to find and join this room.",
     "You can’t disable this later. Bridges & most bots won’t work yet.": "You can’t disable this later. Bridges & most bots won’t work yet.",
     "Your server requires encryption to be enabled in private rooms.": "Your server requires encryption to be enabled in private rooms.",