diff --git a/src/eval/mod.rs b/src/eval/mod.rs
index 2839baff6..4a820a840 100644
--- a/src/eval/mod.rs
+++ b/src/eval/mod.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ impl Eval for MarkupNode {
         Ok(match self {
             Self::Space => Content::Space,
             Self::Parbreak => Content::Parbreak,
-            Self::Linebreak(soft) => Content::Linebreak(*soft),
+            Self::Linebreak(justified) => Content::Linebreak(*justified),
             Self::Text(text) => Content::Text(text.clone()),
             Self::Quote(double) => Content::Quote(*double),
             Self::Strong(strong) => strong.eval(ctx, scp)?,
diff --git a/src/library/text/par.rs b/src/library/text/par.rs
index 17fcea75e..4694993ec 100644
--- a/src/library/text/par.rs
+++ b/src/library/text/par.rs
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ pub struct LinebreakNode;
 #[node]
 impl LinebreakNode {
     fn construct(_: &mut Context, args: &mut Args) -> TypResult<Content> {
-        let soft = args.named("soft")?.unwrap_or(false);
-        Ok(Content::Linebreak(soft))
+        let justified = args.named("justified")?.unwrap_or(false);
+        Ok(Content::Linebreak(justified))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/model/content.rs b/src/model/content.rs
index 03153684d..4077f6963 100644
--- a/src/model/content.rs
+++ b/src/model/content.rs
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ use crate::util::EcoString;
 pub enum Content {
     /// A word space.
     Space,
-    /// A forced line break. If soft (`true`), the preceding line can still be
-    /// justified, if hard (`false`) not.
+    /// A forced line break. If `true`, the preceding line can still be
+    /// justified, if `false` not.
     Linebreak(bool),
     /// Horizontal spacing.
     Horizontal(Spacing),
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ impl Debug for Content {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
             Self::Space => f.pad("Space"),
-            Self::Linebreak(soft) => write!(f, "Linebreak({soft})"),
+            Self::Linebreak(justified) => write!(f, "Linebreak({justified})"),
             Self::Horizontal(kind) => write!(f, "Horizontal({kind:?})"),
             Self::Text(text) => write!(f, "Text({text:?})"),
             Self::Quote(double) => write!(f, "Quote({double})"),
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ impl<'a> Builder<'a> {
             Content::Space => {
                 self.par.weak(ParChild::Text(' '.into()), 0, styles);
             }
-            Content::Linebreak(soft) => {
-                let c = if *soft { '\u{2028}' } else { '\n' };
+            Content::Linebreak(justified) => {
+                let c = if *justified { '\u{2028}' } else { '\n' };
                 self.par.destructive(ParChild::Text(c.into()), styles);
             }
             Content::Horizontal(kind) => {
diff --git a/src/syntax/ast.rs b/src/syntax/ast.rs
index 82bb7d563..5232b1f15 100644
--- a/src/syntax/ast.rs
+++ b/src/syntax/ast.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ impl Markup {
         self.0.children().filter_map(|node| match node.kind() {
             NodeKind::Space(2 ..) => Some(MarkupNode::Parbreak),
             NodeKind::Space(_) => Some(MarkupNode::Space),
-            NodeKind::Linebreak(s) => Some(MarkupNode::Linebreak(*s)),
+            NodeKind::Linebreak(j) => Some(MarkupNode::Linebreak(*j)),
             NodeKind::Text(s) => Some(MarkupNode::Text(s.clone())),
             NodeKind::Escape(c) => Some(MarkupNode::Text((*c).into())),
             NodeKind::NonBreakingSpace => Some(MarkupNode::Text('\u{00A0}'.into())),
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ impl Markup {
 pub enum MarkupNode {
     /// Whitespace containing less than two newlines.
     Space,
-    /// A forced line break. If soft (`\`, `true`), the preceding line can still
-    /// be justified, if hard (`\+`, `false`) not.
+    /// A forced line break. If `true` (`\`), the preceding line can still be
+    /// justified, if `false` (`\+`) not.
     Linebreak(bool),
     /// A paragraph break: Two or more newlines.
     Parbreak,
diff --git a/src/syntax/mod.rs b/src/syntax/mod.rs
index 00bcb376c..2272b3e03 100644
--- a/src/syntax/mod.rs
+++ b/src/syntax/mod.rs
@@ -588,8 +588,8 @@ pub enum NodeKind {
     Space(usize),
     /// A consecutive non-markup string.
     Text(EcoString),
-    /// A forced line break. If soft (`\`, `true`), the preceding line can still
-    /// be justified, if hard (`\+`, `false`) not.
+    /// A forced line break. If `true` (`\`), the preceding line can still be
+    /// justified, if `false` (`\+`) not.
     Linebreak(bool),
     /// A non-breaking space: `~`.
     NonBreakingSpace,
@@ -867,8 +867,8 @@ impl NodeKind {
             Self::Markup(_) => "markup",
             Self::Space(2 ..) => "paragraph break",
             Self::Space(_) => "space",
-            Self::Linebreak(false) => "hard linebreak",
-            Self::Linebreak(true) => "soft linebreak",
+            Self::Linebreak(false) => "linebreak",
+            Self::Linebreak(true) => "justified linebreak",
             Self::Text(_) => "text",
             Self::NonBreakingSpace => "non-breaking space",
             Self::Shy => "soft hyphen",
diff --git a/tests/ref/text/linebreak.png b/tests/ref/text/linebreak.png
index 4a691d72a..1a3f49dfc 100644
Binary files a/tests/ref/text/linebreak.png and b/tests/ref/text/linebreak.png differ
diff --git a/tests/typ/text/linebreak.typ b/tests/typ/text/linebreak.typ
index bee17c6bc..797e2f7c9 100644
--- a/tests/typ/text/linebreak.typ
+++ b/tests/typ/text/linebreak.typ
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Expialigoricmetrioxidation.
 This is partly emp#emph[has]ized.
 
 ---
-Hard \ break.
+Hard #linebreak() break.
 
 ---
 // Test hard break directly after normal break.
@@ -21,13 +21,16 @@ Hard break directly after \ normal break.
 
 ---
 // Test consecutive breaks.
-Two consecutive \ \ breaks and three \ \ \ more.
+Two consecutive \ \ breaks and three \ \ more.
 
 ---
 // Test forcing an empty trailing line.
 Trailing break \ \
 
 ---
-// Test soft breaks.
+// Test justified breaks.
 #set par(justify: true)
-With a soft \+ break you can force a break without breaking justification.
+With a soft \+
+break you can force a break without #linebreak(justified: true)
+breaking justification. #linebreak(justified: false)
+Nice!