diff --git a/.changes/cda907f0-b704-42de-a50f-dad204dacbfb.json b/.changes/cda907f0-b704-42de-a50f-dad204dacbfb.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30339196e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/cda907f0-b704-42de-a50f-dad204dacbfb.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "id": "cda907f0-b704-42de-a50f-dad204dacbfb",
+    "type": "misc",
+    "description": "Correct documentation for `ByteStream.writeToOutputStream`, add `ByteStream.appendToOutputStream`"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/runtime/runtime-core/api/runtime-core.api b/runtime/runtime-core/api/runtime-core.api
index d1ba553de..ca81f3410 100644
--- a/runtime/runtime-core/api/runtime-core.api
+++ b/runtime/runtime-core/api/runtime-core.api
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ public abstract class aws/smithy/kotlin/runtime/content/ByteStream$SourceStream
 }
 
 public final class aws/smithy/kotlin/runtime/content/ByteStreamJVMKt {
+	public static final fun appendToOutputStream (Laws/smithy/kotlin/runtime/content/ByteStream;Ljava/io/OutputStream;Lkotlin/coroutines/Continuation;)Ljava/lang/Object;
 	public static final fun asByteStream (Ljava/io/File;JJ)Laws/smithy/kotlin/runtime/content/ByteStream;
 	public static final fun asByteStream (Ljava/io/File;Lkotlin/ranges/LongRange;)Laws/smithy/kotlin/runtime/content/ByteStream;
 	public static final fun asByteStream (Ljava/io/InputStream;Ljava/lang/Long;)Laws/smithy/kotlin/runtime/content/ByteStream$SourceStream;
diff --git a/runtime/runtime-core/jvm/src/aws/smithy/kotlin/runtime/content/ByteStreamJVM.kt b/runtime/runtime-core/jvm/src/aws/smithy/kotlin/runtime/content/ByteStreamJVM.kt
index af48850d0..0ab9140ef 100644
--- a/runtime/runtime-core/jvm/src/aws/smithy/kotlin/runtime/content/ByteStreamJVM.kt
+++ b/runtime/runtime-core/jvm/src/aws/smithy/kotlin/runtime/content/ByteStreamJVM.kt
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public fun InputStream.asByteStream(contentLength: Long? = null): ByteStream.Sou
 }
 
 /**
- * Writes this stream to the given [OutputStream]. This method does not flush or close the given [OutputStream].
+ * Writes this stream to the given [OutputStream], then closes it.
  * @param outputStream The [OutputStream] to which the contents of this stream will be written
  */
 public suspend fun ByteStream.writeToOutputStream(outputStream: OutputStream): Long = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
@@ -140,6 +140,21 @@ public suspend fun ByteStream.writeToOutputStream(outputStream: OutputStream): L
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Writes this stream to the given [OutputStream]. This method does not flush or close the given [OutputStream].
+ * @param outputStream The [OutputStream] to which the contents of this stream will be written
+ */
+public suspend fun ByteStream.appendToOutputStream(outputStream: OutputStream): Long = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+    val src = when (val stream = this@appendToOutputStream) {
+        is ByteStream.ChannelStream -> return@withContext outputStream.writeAll(stream.readFrom())
+        is ByteStream.Buffer -> stream.bytes().source()
+        is ByteStream.SourceStream -> stream.readFrom()
+    }
+
+    val out = outputStream.sink().buffer()
+    out.writeAll(src)
+}
+
 private suspend fun OutputStream.writeAll(chan: SdkByteReadChannel): Long =
     sink().use {
         chan.readAll(it)
diff --git a/runtime/runtime-core/jvm/test/aws/smithy/kotlin/runtime/content/ByteStreamJVMTest.kt b/runtime/runtime-core/jvm/test/aws/smithy/kotlin/runtime/content/ByteStreamJVMTest.kt
index 2c7e571eb..ec2ca6cb2 100644
--- a/runtime/runtime-core/jvm/test/aws/smithy/kotlin/runtime/content/ByteStreamJVMTest.kt
+++ b/runtime/runtime-core/jvm/test/aws/smithy/kotlin/runtime/content/ByteStreamJVMTest.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package aws.smithy.kotlin.runtime.content
 import aws.smithy.kotlin.runtime.testing.RandomTempFile
 import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
+import java.io.OutputStream
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import kotlin.test.*
 
@@ -186,4 +187,38 @@ class ByteStreamJVMTest {
             assertContentEquals(binaryData, output)
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testWriteToByteStreamClosesOutput() = runTest {
+        val byteStream = ByteStream.fromString("Hello")
+
+        val sos = StatusTrackingOutputStream(ByteArrayOutputStream())
+
+        assertFalse(sos.closed)
+        byteStream.writeToOutputStream(sos)
+        assertTrue(sos.closed)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testAppendToByteStreamDoesNotCloseOutput() = runTest {
+        val byteStream = ByteStream.fromString("Don't close me!")
+
+        val sos = StatusTrackingOutputStream(ByteArrayOutputStream())
+
+        assertFalse(sos.closed)
+        byteStream.appendToOutputStream(sos)
+        assertFalse(sos.closed)
+    }
+
+    private class StatusTrackingOutputStream(val os: OutputStream) : OutputStream() {
+        var closed: Boolean = false
+
+        override fun write(b: Int) {
+            os.write(b)
+        }
+
+        override fun close() {
+            closed = true
+        }
+    }
 }