diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/core/BlogPageLayout.js b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/core/BlogPageLayout.js
index c66d3ea7b151..884e312a380f 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/core/BlogPageLayout.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/core/BlogPageLayout.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const BlogSidebar = require('./BlogSidebar.js');
 const Container = require('./Container.js');
 const MetadataBlog = require('./MetadataBlog.js');
 
-const MetadataPublicBlog = MetadataBlog.filter(item => item.unlisted !== true);
+const MetadataPublicBlog = MetadataBlog.filter(item => !item.draft);
 const Site = require('./Site.js');
 const utils = require('./utils.js');
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/core/BlogSidebar.js b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/core/BlogSidebar.js
index f6e1f075926e..0903ec77c2c4 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/core/BlogSidebar.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/core/BlogSidebar.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const SideNav = require('./nav/SideNav.js');
 
 const MetadataBlog = require('./MetadataBlog.js');
 
-const MetadataPublicBlog = MetadataBlog.filter(item => item.unlisted !== true);
+const MetadataPublicBlog = MetadataBlog.filter(item => !item.draft);
 
 class BlogSidebar extends React.Component {
   render() {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/core/__tests__/__fixtures__/blog-post-with-unlisted.md b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/core/__tests__/__fixtures__/blog-post-with-draft.md
similarity index 55%
rename from packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/core/__tests__/__fixtures__/blog-post-with-unlisted.md
rename to packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/core/__tests__/__fixtures__/blog-post-with-draft.md
index d8b1c28da4ea..0a3129b9171a 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/core/__tests__/__fixtures__/blog-post-with-unlisted.md
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/core/__tests__/__fixtures__/blog-post-with-draft.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: Truncation Example
-unlisted: true
+title: Draft Example
+draft: true
 ---
-This blog post should not appear in the sidebar or the blog feed.
+This blog post should not appear in the sidebar or the blog feed because it is a draft.
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/feed.js b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/feed.js
index 9a90cdb5b7bb..e7d5afd96533 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/feed.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/feed.js
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ module.exports = function(type) {
 
   readMetadata.generateMetadataBlog();
   const MetadataBlog = require('../core/MetadataBlog.js');
-  const MetadataPublicBlog = MetadataBlog.filter(
-    item => item.unlisted !== true,
-  );
+  const MetadataPublicBlog = MetadataBlog.filter(item => !item.draft);
 
   const feed = new Feed({
     title: `${siteConfig.title} Blog`,