diff --git a/docs/source/en/model_doc/whisper.md b/docs/source/en/model_doc/whisper.md
index 37411209bf9157..e384d2be908c0b 100644
--- a/docs/source/en/model_doc/whisper.md
+++ b/docs/source/en/model_doc/whisper.md
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ python convert_hf_to_openai.py \
     - save_vocabulary
     - batch_decode
     - decode
+    - basic_normalize
+    - normalize
 
 ## WhisperTokenizerFast
 
@@ -113,6 +115,8 @@ python convert_hf_to_openai.py \
     - save_vocabulary
     - batch_decode
     - decode
+    - basic_normalize
+    - normalize
 
 ## WhisperFeatureExtractor
 
diff --git a/src/transformers/models/whisper/tokenization_whisper.py b/src/transformers/models/whisper/tokenization_whisper.py
index 127f5be6193d72..f853c60e260f50 100644
--- a/src/transformers/models/whisper/tokenization_whisper.py
+++ b/src/transformers/models/whisper/tokenization_whisper.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 """Tokenization classes for Whisper."""
 import json
 import os
+import warnings
 from functools import lru_cache
 from typing import List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
@@ -507,6 +508,20 @@ def _convert_id_to_token(self, index):
         return self.decoder.get(index, "")
 
     def _normalize(self, text):
+        warnings.warn(
+            "The private method `_normalize` is deprecated and will be removed in v5 of Transformers."
+            "You can normalize an input string using the Whisper English normalizer using the `normalize` method."
+        )
+        return self.normalize(text)
+
+    def _basic_normalize(self, text, remove_diacritics=False):
+        warnings.warn(
+            "The private method `_basic_normalize` is deprecated and will be removed in v5 of Transformers."
+            "You can normalize an input string using the Whisper basic normalizer using the `basic_normalize` method."
+        )
+        return self.basic_normalize(text, remove_diacritics=remove_diacritics)
+
+    def normalize(self, text):
         """
         Normalize a given string using the `EnglishTextNormalizer` class, which preforms commons transformation on
         english text.
@@ -515,7 +530,7 @@ def _normalize(self, text):
         return normalizer(text)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _basic_normalize(text, remove_diacritics=False):
+    def basic_normalize(text, remove_diacritics=False):
         """
         Normalize a given string using the `BasicTextNormalizer` class, which preforms commons transformation on
         multilingual text.
@@ -745,10 +760,10 @@ def _decode(
         text = "".join(sub_texts)
 
         if normalize:
-            clean_text = self._normalize(text)
+            clean_text = self.normalize(text)
             return clean_text
         elif basic_normalize:
-            clean_text = self._basic_normalize(text, remove_diacritics=remove_diacritics)
+            clean_text = self.basic_normalize(text, remove_diacritics=remove_diacritics)
             return clean_text
         else:
             return text
diff --git a/src/transformers/models/whisper/tokenization_whisper_fast.py b/src/transformers/models/whisper/tokenization_whisper_fast.py
index 509175be994f75..dc5a3e0dc1f784 100644
--- a/src/transformers/models/whisper/tokenization_whisper_fast.py
+++ b/src/transformers/models/whisper/tokenization_whisper_fast.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import json
 import os
 import re
+import warnings
 from functools import lru_cache
 from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
 
@@ -427,6 +428,22 @@ def _decode(
 
     # Copied from transformers.models.whisper.tokenization_whisper.WhisperTokenizer._normalize
     def _normalize(self, text):
+        warnings.warn(
+            "The private method `_normalize` is deprecated and will be removed in v5 of Transformers."
+            "You can normalize an input string using the Whisper English normalizer using the `normalize` method."
+        )
+        return self.normalize(text)
+
+    # Copied from transformers.models.whisper.tokenization_whisper.WhisperTokenizer._basic_normalize
+    def _basic_normalize(self, text, remove_diacritics=False):
+        warnings.warn(
+            "The private method `_basic_normalize` is deprecated and will be removed in v5 of Transformers."
+            "You can normalize an input string using the Whisper basic normalizer using the `basic_normalize` method."
+        )
+        return self.basic_normalize(text, remove_diacritics=remove_diacritics)
+
+    # Copied from transformers.models.whisper.tokenization_whisper.WhisperTokenizer.normalize
+    def normalize(self, text):
         """
         Normalize a given string using the `EnglishTextNormalizer` class, which preforms commons transformation on
         english text.
@@ -435,8 +452,8 @@ def _normalize(self, text):
         return normalizer(text)
 
     @staticmethod
-    # Copied from transformers.models.whisper.tokenization_whisper.WhisperTokenizer._basic_normalize
-    def _basic_normalize(text, remove_diacritics=False):
+    # Copied from transformers.models.whisper.tokenization_whisper.WhisperTokenizer.basic_normalize
+    def basic_normalize(text, remove_diacritics=False):
         """
         Normalize a given string using the `BasicTextNormalizer` class, which preforms commons transformation on
         multilingual text.