diff --git a/src/emitter.cpp b/src/emitter.cpp
index 9c7316c79..e57ee4684 100644
--- a/src/emitter.cpp
+++ b/src/emitter.cpp
@@ -309,8 +309,10 @@ void Emitter::PrepareTopNode(EmitterNodeType::value child) {
   if (child == EmitterNodeType::NoType)
     return;
 
-  if (m_pState->CurGroupChildCount() > 0 && m_stream.col() > 0)
+  if (m_pState->CurGroupChildCount() > 0 && m_stream.col() > 0
+    && !m_pState->HasBegunContent()) {
     EmitBeginDoc();
+  }
 
   switch (child) {
     case EmitterNodeType::NoType:
diff --git a/test/integration/emitter_test.cpp b/test/integration/emitter_test.cpp
index 928f19237..ddf0a4068 100644
--- a/test/integration/emitter_test.cpp
+++ b/test/integration/emitter_test.cpp
@@ -2059,5 +2059,32 @@ TEST_F(EmitterTest, EmitSetLocalTagInNameHandle) {
   ExpectEmit("num: !a!foo 42");
 }
 
+TEST_F(EmitterTest, EmitMultiDocsWithTags) {
+   out << YAML::BeginDoc
+       << YAML::LocalTag("The_Tag")
+       << YAML::BeginSeq
+       << "Some Value"
+       << YAML::EndSeq
+       << YAML::EndDoc;
+
+   out << YAML::BeginDoc
+       << YAML::LocalTag("The_Tag")
+       << YAML::BeginSeq
+       << "Some Value"
+       << YAML::EndSeq
+       << YAML::EndDoc;
+
+  ExpectEmit(
+        "---\n"
+        "!The_Tag\n"
+        "- Some Value\n"
+        "...\n"
+        "---\n"
+        "!The_Tag\n"
+        "- Some Value\n"
+        "...\n");
+}
+
+
 }  // namespace
 }  // namespace YAML