diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 82be05d..c72e385 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ local node_type = {
     omit = {},
     ---Non-bracket nodes (e.g., with 'then|()' ... 'end' instead of { ... }|< ... >|[ ... ])
     ---If value is table, should be contains follow keys: { left = 'text', right = 'text' }. Empty string uses by default
+    ---For indentation-based blocks with no closing delimiter, add `outer_framing = false` to stop framing from extending to the parent's sibling
     ---@type boolean|table
     non_bracket_node = false,
     ---If you need to process only nodes in the range from / to.
@@ -638,6 +639,13 @@ specifies what text should wrap the actual base node.
 
 E.g., table value: `{ left = 'text', right = 'text' }`
 
+For indentation-based blocks that have no closing delimiter (e.g. Python,
+GDScript), also set `outer_framing = false`, e.g.
+`{ left = '', right = '', outer_framing = false }`. By default the range
+framing climbs to the parent's sibling when the node has none of its own; for
+such blocks that sibling is the following statement, so the join range would
+otherwise extend over it and swallow it.
+
 <details>
 
 <summary>Example of usage</summary>
diff --git a/lua/treesj/langs/default_preset.lua b/lua/treesj/langs/default_preset.lua
index 2db6a00..757530d 100644
--- a/lua/treesj/langs/default_preset.lua
+++ b/lua/treesj/langs/default_preset.lua
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ return {
     omit = {},
     ---Non-bracket nodes (e.g., with 'then|()' ... 'end' instead of { ... }|< ... >|[ ... ])
     ---If value is table, should be contains follow keys: { left = 'text', right = 'text' }. Empty string uses by default
+    ---For indentation-based blocks with no closing delimiter, add `outer_framing = false` to stop framing from extending to the parent's sibling
     ---@type boolean|table
     non_bracket_node = false,
     ---If you need to process only nodes in the range from / to.
diff --git a/lua/treesj/search.lua b/lua/treesj/search.lua
index af64910..a2a0d74 100644
--- a/lua/treesj/search.lua
+++ b/lua/treesj/search.lua
@@ -289,9 +289,18 @@ function M.range(tsn, preset)
   local er, ec = get_last_symbol_range(tsn, to)
 
   if preset and (non_bracket_node and not shrink_node) then
+    -- Indentation-based blocks (e.g. Python) have no closing delimiter token.
+    -- `outer_framing = false` stops framing from climbing to the parent's sibling
+    local climb = type(non_bracket_node) ~= 'table'
+      or non_bracket_node.outer_framing ~= false
+
     local function get_framing_for_non_bracket(n)
-      local first = n:prev_sibling() or n:parent():prev_sibling()
-      local last = n:next_sibling() or n:parent():next_sibling()
+      local first = n:prev_sibling()
+      local last = n:next_sibling()
+      if climb then
+        first = first or n:parent():prev_sibling()
+        last = last or n:parent():next_sibling()
+      end
       return first, last
     end