diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/OfflinePlayer.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/OfflinePlayer.java
index a8003b4796..18720a965b 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/OfflinePlayer.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/OfflinePlayer.java
@@ -24,10 +24,26 @@ public interface OfflinePlayer extends ServerOperator, AnimalTamer, Configuratio
     /**
      * Checks if this player is currently online
      *
+     * It should be noted that this will return true if any instance of this player is
+     * online! This instance may have disconnected. If you wish to check if this specific
+     * instance of the player is still online, see {@link OfflinePlayer#isConnected()}.
+     *
      * @return true if they are online
      */
     public boolean isOnline();
 
+    // Paper start
+    /**
+     * Checks whether the connection to this player is still valid. This will return
+     * true as long as this specific instance of the player is still connected. This
+     * will return false after this instance has disconnected, even if the same player
+     * has reconnected since.
+     *
+     * @return true if this player instance is connected
+     */
+    public boolean isConnected();
+    // Paper end
+
     /**
      * Returns the name of this player
      * <p>