diff --git a/docs/tools/forge-cli.md b/docs/tools/forge-cli.md
index c1ab85db..67f4e5ea 100644
--- a/docs/tools/forge-cli.md
+++ b/docs/tools/forge-cli.md
@@ -534,9 +534,7 @@ Create a pull request
 * `--body-file <BODY_FILE>` — Read body from a file. `-` means stdin
 * `--draft` — Open as draft. Ignored in `--agit` mode
 * `--push` — Push the local `--head` branch to `--remote` before creating the PR
-* `--remote <REMOTE>` — Remote to push to
-
-  Default value: `origin`
+* `--remote <REMOTE>` — Remote to push to (default: `forge`, or `origin` in `--agit` mode)
 * `--agit` — Open the PR via Forgejo's `AGit` flow instead of pushing a branch — works for read-only collaborators. Run from inside a cloned repo
 * `--topic <TOPIC>` — `AGit` topic — groups repeated pushes into one PR (re-run with the same topic to update it). Defaults to the branch name. Only meaningful with `--agit`
 * `--label <LABELS>` — Label name to attach, repeatable (for example `--label area/ops --label type/bug`). Same spelling `labels add` accepts — an unresolved name errors out rather than silently attaching fewer labels than asked for. In `--agit` mode `pr create` applies this as a follow-up call once it learns the PR number (the `AGit` push itself has no label field), so it silently skips them (not a label-resolution error) if it couldn't parse the PR URL back out of the push output — same fallback as the deferred multi-line body
diff --git a/hive-forge/src/verbs/pr_create.rs b/hive-forge/src/verbs/pr_create.rs
index 8885fca9..9f98e3aa 100644
--- a/hive-forge/src/verbs/pr_create.rs
+++ b/hive-forge/src/verbs/pr_create.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! the PR URL.
 //!
 //! With `--push` the local `--head` branch is pushed to `--remote`
-//! (default `origin`) before the API call, and forgejo's post-push
+//! (default `forge`) before the API call, and forgejo's post-push
 //! "Create a new pull request" / "Visit the existing pull request"
 //! hint block is filtered out of git's stderr (we print the canonical
 //! URL ourselves once the API returns). Other git stderr passes
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ pub struct Args {
     /// Push the local `--head` branch to `--remote` before creating the PR.
     #[arg(long)]
     push: bool,
-    /// Remote to push to.
-    #[arg(long, default_value = "origin")]
-    remote: String,
+    /// Remote to push to (default: `forge`, or `origin` in `--agit` mode).
+    #[arg(long)]
+    remote: Option<String>,
     /// Open the PR via Forgejo's `AGit` flow instead of pushing a branch —
     /// works for read-only collaborators. Run from inside a cloned repo.
     #[arg(long)]
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ pub fn run(client: &Client, args: Args) -> Result<()> {
         .head
         .as_deref()
         .expect("clap requires --head unless --agit");
-    let remote = args.remote.as_str();
+    let remote = args.remote.as_deref().unwrap_or("forge");
     if args.push {
         push_branch(remote, head)?;
     }
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ pub fn run(client: &Client, args: Args) -> Result<()> {
 /// PATCH, mirroring the manual `pr create --title …` + `issue edit
 /// --body-file` two-step.
 fn agit_create(client: &Client, args: &Args, body: &str) -> Result<()> {
-    let remote = args.remote.as_str();
+    let remote = args.remote.as_deref().unwrap_or("origin");
     let topic = match &args.topic {
         Some(t) => t.clone(),
         None => current_branch().unwrap_or_else(|| "contribution".to_owned()),