diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Constants.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Constants.java
index 58cae7dd506c1829a7683577db850d9f39ef1e8d..28d9e8652758d4634fa556097c1488b6d9bf30de 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Constants.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/Constants.java
@@ -169,9 +169,7 @@ public final class Constants {
     public static final int CODE_EXCLAMATION_MARK = '!';
     public static final int CODE_SLASH = '/';
     public static final int CODE_COMMERCIAL_AT = '@';
-    // TODO: Check how this should work for right-to-left languages. It seems to stand
-    // that for rtl languages, a closing parenthesis is a left parenthesis. Is this
-    // managed by the font? Or is it a different char?
+    public static final int CODE_PLUS = '+';
     public static final int CODE_CLOSING_PARENTHESIS = ')';
     public static final int CODE_CLOSING_SQUARE_BRACKET = ']';
     public static final int CODE_CLOSING_CURLY_BRACKET = '}';
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
index bfb904422b8c744af6e8437ddac6b6704cbbee85..9f779eb4355c41a8103f6d1f69f8ca2711f10619 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/LatinIME.java
@@ -1394,7 +1394,8 @@ public class LatinIME extends InputMethodService implements KeyboardActionListen
                 || codePoint == Constants.CODE_CLOSING_PARENTHESIS
                 || codePoint == Constants.CODE_CLOSING_SQUARE_BRACKET
                 || codePoint == Constants.CODE_CLOSING_CURLY_BRACKET
-                || codePoint == Constants.CODE_CLOSING_ANGLE_BRACKET;
+                || codePoint == Constants.CODE_CLOSING_ANGLE_BRACKET
+                || codePoint == Constants.CODE_PLUS;
     }
 
     // Callback for the {@link SuggestionStripView}, to call when the "add to dictionary" hint is