diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 08d595c..3263151 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   win, earlier sources win, inherited-then-local ordering) now have one source
   of truth. No behavior change.
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Classify the block scalar keep chomping indicator (`|+` / `>+`) as a distinct
+  `keep` chomping instead of silently treating it as clip. Full keep semantics
+  (preserving trailing blank lines) still depend on scanner blank-line capture,
+  tracked in #57.
+
 ### Documentation
 
 - Correct `SECURITY.md`: fix the reporting contact address and replace the
diff --git a/Sources/Parsing/BlockScalarChomping.swift b/Sources/Parsing/BlockScalarChomping.swift
index 68298d5..6ce330e 100644
--- a/Sources/Parsing/BlockScalarChomping.swift
+++ b/Sources/Parsing/BlockScalarChomping.swift
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ extension PureYAML.Parsing {
     enum BlockScalarChomping: String, Equatable, CustomStringConvertible {
         case clip
         case strip
+        case keep
 
         var description: String {
             rawValue
diff --git a/Sources/Parsing/Scanner.swift b/Sources/Parsing/Scanner.swift
index d8c0542..cf1c01a 100644
--- a/Sources/Parsing/Scanner.swift
+++ b/Sources/Parsing/Scanner.swift
@@ -301,6 +301,8 @@ extension PureYAML.Parsing.Scanner {
         while let character = state.reader.peek(), isBlockScalarHeaderCharacter(character) {
             if character == "-" {
                 chomping = .strip
+            } else if character == "+" {
+                chomping = .keep
             } else if character.isNumber {
                 indentationIndicator = Int(String(character))
             }
diff --git a/Sources/Parsing/TokenEventParser.Block.swift b/Sources/Parsing/TokenEventParser.Block.swift
index 363b3a0..821bd58 100644
--- a/Sources/Parsing/TokenEventParser.Block.swift
+++ b/Sources/Parsing/TokenEventParser.Block.swift
@@ -249,7 +249,13 @@ extension PureYAML.Parsing.TokenEventParser {
         switch chomping {
         case .strip:
             return content
-        case .clip:
+        case .clip, .keep:
+            // Clip and keep currently coincide: both append the single final
+            // line break. They diverge only over trailing blank lines, which the
+            // scanner does not yet capture into `lines`, so keep cannot preserve
+            // them today. That gap (and the related dropping of internal blank
+            // lines and folded-paragraph breaks) is tracked separately. Strip is
+            // the only branch that omits the final break.
             return content + "\n"
         }
     }
diff --git a/Tests/ScannerTests.swift b/Tests/ScannerTests.swift
index 01f10c4..7bc06cf 100644
--- a/Tests/ScannerTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/ScannerTests.swift
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ private func expectFlowAndBlockScalarKinds(_ tokens: [String]) {
         "mappingKey",
         "scalar value=\"text\" style=plain",
         "mappingValue",
-        "blockScalarHeader style=literal",
+        "blockScalarHeader style=literal chomping=keep",
         "indent width=2",
         "scalar value=\"line\" style=plain",
         "dedent width=0",
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ private func expectFlowAndBlockScalarRequiredKinds(_ tokens: [String]) {
         "tag value=!Thing",
         "anchor name=item",
         "alias name=item",
-        "blockScalarHeader style=literal",
+        "blockScalarHeader style=literal chomping=keep",
         "blockScalarHeader style=folded chomping=strip",
     ])
 }