diff --git a/src/SMAPI/Framework/ModHelpers/InputHelper.cs b/src/SMAPI/Framework/ModHelpers/InputHelper.cs
index 8713cc483..9f634f458 100644
--- a/src/SMAPI/Framework/ModHelpers/InputHelper.cs
+++ b/src/SMAPI/Framework/ModHelpers/InputHelper.cs
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ public bool IsSuppressed(SButton button)
         return this.CurrentInputState().IsSuppressed(button);
     }
 
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public void Press(SButton button)
+    {
+        this.CurrentInputState().OverrideButton(button, setDown: true);
+    }
+
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public void Suppress(SButton button)
     {
diff --git a/src/SMAPI/IInputHelper.cs b/src/SMAPI/IInputHelper.cs
index 053c371e4..fdcd383fa 100644
--- a/src/SMAPI/IInputHelper.cs
+++ b/src/SMAPI/IInputHelper.cs
@@ -16,8 +16,22 @@ public interface IInputHelper : IModLinked
     /// <param name="button">The button.</param>
     bool IsSuppressed(SButton button);
 
+    /// <summary>Mark a button as pressed.</summary>
+    /// <param name="button">The button to press.</param>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///   <para>For both mods and the base game, this is equivalent to the button being physically pressed by the player. It will be released on the next input tick by default; it can be pressed again each tick to hold it down.</para>
+    ///
+    ///   <para>See <see cref="Suppress"/> for the inverse.</para>
+    /// </remarks>
+    void Press(SButton button);
+
     /// <summary>Prevent the game from handling a button press. This doesn't prevent other mods from receiving the event.</summary>
     /// <param name="button">The button to suppress.</param>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///   <para>If the button is being held, it'll remain suppressed until the player releases it or until <see cref="Press"/> is called for the same button.</para>
+    /// 
+    ///   <para>See <see cref="Press"/> for the inverse.</para>
+    /// </remarks>
     void Suppress(SButton button);
 
     /// <summary>Suppress the immediate change to a scroll wheel value.</summary>