diff --git a/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder.py b/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder.py
index 12346b8a2..07753876f 100755
--- a/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder.py
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ class TrainerBuilderBase(abc.ABC):
 
 class HFCausalTrainerBuilder(TrainerBuilderBase):
     """
-    Build the HuggingFace training args/trainer for causal models
-    and reward modelling using TRL.
+    Build the HuggingFace training args/trainer for causal models and reward modeling
+    using TRL.
     """
 
     def get_callbacks(self):
diff --git a/src/axolotl/train.py b/src/axolotl/train.py
index eb2ced231..008b27add 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/train.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/train.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from peft import PeftConfig, PeftModel
 from pkg_resources import get_distribution  # type: ignore
 from transformers import PreTrainedModel, PreTrainedTokenizer, ProcessorMixin
 from transformers.integrations.deepspeed import is_deepspeed_zero3_enabled
+from transformers.trainer import Trainer
 
 from axolotl.common.datasets import TrainDatasetMeta
 from axolotl.contribs.lgpl.unsloth import (  # pylint: disable = no-name-in-module
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ def save_trained_model(
         model.save_pretrained(cfg.output_dir, safe_serialization=safe_serialization)
 
 
-def create_model_card(cfg: DictDefault, trainer: Any):
+def create_model_card(cfg: DictDefault, trainer: Trainer):
     """
     Create a model card for the trained model if needed.
 
@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ def create_model_card(cfg: DictDefault, trainer: Any):
         trainer: The trainer object with model card creation capabilities
     """
     if not cfg.hub_model_id:
+        # Guard since create_model_card may fail if dataset_tags is empty list
         try:
             model_card_kwarg = {
                 "model_name": cfg.output_dir.lstrip("./")
@@ -294,26 +296,22 @@ def create_model_card(cfg: DictDefault, trainer: Any):
                 .decode("utf-8")
             }
             if cfg.datasets is not None:
-                if cfg.rl is not None or cfg.reward_model or cfg.process_reward_model:
-                    dataset_tags = [
-                        d["path"] for d in cfg.datasets if not Path(d["path"]).is_dir()
-                    ]
-                    dataset_tags = [
-                        d for d in dataset_tags if not d.startswith("https://")
-                    ]
-                    if dataset_tags:
-                        # guard as create_model_card may fail if dataset_tags is empty list
-                        model_card_kwarg["dataset_name"] = dataset_tags
-                else:
-                    dataset_tags = [
-                        d["path"] for d in cfg.datasets if not Path(d["path"]).is_dir()
-                    ]
-                    dataset_tags = [
-                        d for d in dataset_tags if not d.startswith("https://")
-                    ]
-                    if dataset_tags:
-                        # guard as create_model_card may fail if dataset_tags is empty list
-                        model_card_kwarg["dataset_tags"] = dataset_tags
+                dataset_tags = [
+                    d["path"] for d in cfg.datasets if not Path(d["path"]).is_dir()
+                ]
+                dataset_tags = [d for d in dataset_tags if not d.startswith("https://")]
+
+                if dataset_tags:
+                    param_name = (
+                        "dataset_name"
+                        if (
+                            cfg.rl is not None
+                            or cfg.reward_model
+                            or cfg.process_reward_model
+                        )
+                        else "dataset_tags"
+                    )
+                    model_card_kwarg[param_name] = dataset_tags
 
             trainer.create_model_card(**model_card_kwarg)
         except (AttributeError, UnicodeDecodeError):