diff --git a/src/actions/commands/actions.ts b/src/actions/commands/actions.ts
index d42b26133..e004efb18 100644
--- a/src/actions/commands/actions.ts
+++ b/src/actions/commands/actions.ts
@@ -1411,14 +1411,18 @@ export class PutCommand extends BaseCommand {
           .join('\n');
       }
 
-      if (after) {
+      if (register.registerMode === RegisterMode.LineWise) {
         // P insert before current line
-        textToAdd = text + '\n';
-        whereToAddText = dest.getLineBegin();
+        if (after) {
+          textToAdd = text + '\n';
+          whereToAddText = dest.getLineBegin();
+        } else {
+          textToAdd = '\n' + text;
+          whereToAddText = dest.getLineEnd();
+        }
       } else {
-        // p paste after current line
-        textToAdd = '\n' + text;
-        whereToAddText = dest.getLineEnd();
+        textToAdd = text;
+        whereToAddText = after ? position : position.getRight();
       }
     }
 
@@ -1470,10 +1474,20 @@ export class PutCommand extends BaseCommand {
     } else {
       if (text.indexOf('\n') === -1) {
         if (!position.isLineEnd()) {
-          if (after) {
-            diff = new PositionDiff(0, -1);
+          if (
+            register.registerMode === RegisterMode.BlockWise
+          ) {
+            if (after) {
+              diff = new PositionDiff(0, -1 * text.length);
+            } else {
+              diff = new PositionDiff(0, 1);
+            }
           } else {
-            diff = new PositionDiff(0, textToAdd.length);
+            if (after) {
+              diff = new PositionDiff(0, -1);
+            } else {
+              diff = new PositionDiff(0, textToAdd.length);
+            }
           }
         }
       } else {
@@ -3604,7 +3618,10 @@ class ActionXVisualBlock extends BaseCommand {
   }
 
   public async exec(position: Position, vimState: VimState): Promise<VimState> {
-    for (const { start, end } of Position.IterateLine(vimState)) {
+    const lines: string[] = [];
+
+    for (const { line, start, end } of Position.IterateLine(vimState)) {
+      lines.push(line);
       vimState.recordedState.transformations.push({
         type: 'deleteRange',
         range: new Range(start, end),
@@ -3612,6 +3629,10 @@ class ActionXVisualBlock extends BaseCommand {
       });
     }
 
+    const text = lines.length === 1 ? lines[0] : lines.join('\n');
+    vimState.currentRegisterMode = RegisterMode.BlockWise;
+    Register.put(text, vimState, this.multicursorIndex);
+
     const topLeft = VisualBlockMode.getTopLeftPosition(
       vimState.cursorPosition,
       vimState.cursorStartPosition
diff --git a/src/actions/operator.ts b/src/actions/operator.ts
index c6e106386..155f89715 100644
--- a/src/actions/operator.ts
+++ b/src/actions/operator.ts
@@ -648,10 +648,18 @@ export class YankVisualBlockMode extends BaseOperator {
   public async run(vimState: VimState, start: Position, end: Position): Promise<VimState> {
     let toCopy: string = '';
 
+    const isMultiline = start.line !== end.line;
+
     for (const { line } of Position.IterateLine(vimState)) {
-      toCopy += line + '\n';
+      if (isMultiline) {
+        toCopy += line + '\n';
+      } else {
+        toCopy = line;
+      }
     }
 
+    vimState.currentRegisterMode = RegisterMode.BlockWise;
+
     Register.put(toCopy, vimState, this.multicursorIndex);
 
     const numLinesYanked = toCopy.split('\n').length;
diff --git a/test/operator/put.test.ts b/test/operator/put.test.ts
index 169a2971a..8b4305b4c 100644
--- a/test/operator/put.test.ts
+++ b/test/operator/put.test.ts
@@ -44,4 +44,32 @@ suite('put operator', () => {
     keysPressed: '2yyjjpk',
     end: ['one', 'two', '|three', 'one', 'two', 'four'],
   });
+
+  newTest({
+    title: 'test visual block single line yank p',
+    start: ['12|345'],
+    keysPressed: '<C-v>llyhp',
+    end: ['12|345345'],
+  });
+
+  newTest({
+    title: 'test visual block single line yank P',
+    start: ['12|345'],
+    keysPressed: '<C-v>llyhP',
+    end: ['1|3452345'],
+  });
+
+  newTest({
+    title: 'test visual block single line delete p',
+    start: ['12|345'],
+    keysPressed: '<C-v>lldhp',
+    end: ['1|3452'],
+  });
+
+  newTest({
+    title: 'test visual block single line delete P',
+    start: ['12|345'],
+    keysPressed: '<C-v>lldhP',
+    end: ['|34512'],
+  });
 });