diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/Navbar/index.js b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/Navbar/index.js
index 0a39da9f74f5..e317c97fc756 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/Navbar/index.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/Navbar/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import React, {useCallback, useState, useEffect} from 'react';
+import React, {useCallback, useState} from 'react';
 import Link from '@docusaurus/Link';
 import Head from '@docusaurus/Head';
 import useDocusaurusContext from '@docusaurus/useDocusaurusContext';
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import Toggle from '@theme/Toggle';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 
 import useTheme from '@theme/hooks/useTheme';
+import useHideableNavbar from '@theme/hooks/useHideableNavbar';
 
 import styles from './styles.module.css';
 
@@ -50,14 +51,8 @@ function Navbar() {
   const [sidebarShown, setSidebarShown] = useState(false);
   const [isSearchBarExpanded, setIsSearchBarExpanded] = useState(false);
   const [theme, setTheme] = useTheme();
-  const [isNavbarVisible, setIsNavbarVisible] = useState(true);
-  const [lastScrollTop, setLastScrollTop] = useState(0);
-  const [navbarHeight, setNavbarHeight] = useState(0);
-  const navbarRef = useCallback(node => {
-    if (node !== null) {
-      setNavbarHeight(node.getBoundingClientRect().height);
-    }
-  }, []);
+
+  const {navbarRef, isNavbarVisible} = useHideableNavbar(hideOnScroll);
 
   const showSidebar = useCallback(() => {
     setSidebarShown(true);
@@ -71,36 +66,6 @@ function Navbar() {
     [setTheme],
   );
 
-  const handleScroll = () => {
-    const scrollTop = window.pageYOffset || document.documentElement.scrollTop;
-    const documentHeight = document.documentElement.scrollHeight - navbarHeight;
-    const windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
-
-    if (scrollTop < navbarHeight) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (lastScrollTop && scrollTop > lastScrollTop) {
-      setIsNavbarVisible(false);
-    } else if (scrollTop + windowHeight < documentHeight) {
-      setIsNavbarVisible(true);
-    }
-
-    setLastScrollTop(scrollTop);
-  };
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!hideOnScroll) {
-      return undefined;
-    }
-
-    window.addEventListener('scroll', handleScroll);
-
-    return () => {
-      window.removeEventListener('scroll', handleScroll);
-    };
-  }, [lastScrollTop, navbarHeight]);
-
   const logoUrl = useBaseUrl(logo.src);
   return (
     <>
@@ -112,8 +77,8 @@ function Navbar() {
         ref={navbarRef}
         className={classnames('navbar', 'navbar--light', 'navbar--fixed-top', {
           'navbar-sidebar--show': sidebarShown,
-          [styles.navbarHidable]: hideOnScroll,
-          [styles.navbarHided]: !isNavbarVisible,
+          [styles.navbarHideable]: hideOnScroll,
+          [styles.navbarHidden]: !isNavbarVisible,
         })}>
         <div className="navbar__inner">
           <div className="navbar__items">
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/Navbar/styles.module.css b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/Navbar/styles.module.css
index c06bb8b1aa2e..2d7f71ff8c98 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/Navbar/styles.module.css
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/Navbar/styles.module.css
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
   }
 }
 
-.navbarHidable {
+.navbarHideable {
   transition: top 0.2s ease-in-out;
 }
 
-.navbarHided {
+.navbarHidden {
   top: calc(var(--ifm-navbar-height) * -1) !important;
 }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/hooks/useHideableNavbar.js b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/hooks/useHideableNavbar.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a1941d1e5bee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/hooks/useHideableNavbar.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import React, {useState, useCallback, useEffect} from 'react'; // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
+
+const useHideableNavbar = hideOnScroll => {
+  const [isNavbarVisible, setIsNavbarVisible] = useState(true);
+  const [lastScrollTop, setLastScrollTop] = useState(0);
+  const [navbarHeight, setNavbarHeight] = useState(0);
+  const navbarRef = useCallback(node => {
+    if (node !== null) {
+      setNavbarHeight(node.getBoundingClientRect().height);
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  const handleScroll = () => {
+    const scrollTop = window.pageYOffset || document.documentElement.scrollTop;
+    const documentHeight = document.documentElement.scrollHeight - navbarHeight;
+    const windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
+
+    if (scrollTop < navbarHeight) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (lastScrollTop && scrollTop > lastScrollTop) {
+      setIsNavbarVisible(false);
+    } else if (scrollTop + windowHeight < documentHeight) {
+      setIsNavbarVisible(true);
+    }
+
+    setLastScrollTop(scrollTop);
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!hideOnScroll) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+
+    window.addEventListener('scroll', handleScroll);
+
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('scroll', handleScroll);
+    };
+  }, [lastScrollTop, navbarHeight]);
+
+  return {
+    navbarRef,
+    isNavbarVisible,
+  };
+};
+
+export default useHideableNavbar;
diff --git a/website/docs/theme-classic.md b/website/docs/theme-classic.md
index f1bf6352368b..0fb981b2b362 100644
--- a/website/docs/theme-classic.md
+++ b/website/docs/theme-classic.md
@@ -90,6 +90,23 @@ module.exports = {
 
 Outbound links automatically get `target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"`.
 
+### Auto-hide sticky navbar
+
+You can enable this cool UI feature that automatically hides the navbar when a user starts scrolling down the page, and show it again when the user scrolls up.
+
+```js
+// docusaurus/config.js
+module.exports = {
+  ...
+  themeConfig: {
+    navbar: {
+      hideOnScroll: true,
+    },
+    ...
+  },
+}
+```
+
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