diff --git a/R/ggsurvplot.R b/R/ggsurvplot.R
index 5718d2a..931ba28 100644
--- a/R/ggsurvplot.R
+++ b/R/ggsurvplot.R
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #'@param conf.int.style confidence interval style. Allowed values include
 #'  c("ribbon", "step").
 #'@param censor logical value. If TRUE, censors will be drawn.
+#'@param censor.shape character or numeric value specifying the point shape of censored subjects. Default is "+" (3), a sensible choice is "|" (124).
 #'@param pval logical value. If TRUE, the p-value is added on the plot.
 #'@param pval.size numeric value specifying the p-value text size. Default is 5.
 #'@param pval.coord numeric vector, of length 2, specifying the x and y
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@ ggsurvplot <- function(fit, data = NULL, fun = NULL,
                        surv.scale = c("default", "percent"), xscale = 1,
                        conf.int = FALSE, conf.int.fill = "gray", conf.int.style = "ribbon",
                        censor = TRUE,
+                       censor.shape = "+",
                        pval = FALSE, pval.size = 5, pval.coord = c(NULL, NULL),
                        pval.method = FALSE, pval.method.size = pval.size, pval.method.coord = c(NULL, NULL),
                        log.rank.weights = c("survdiff", "1", "n", "sqrtN", "S1", "S2", "FH_p=1_q=1"),
@@ -453,7 +455,7 @@ ggsurvplot <- function(fit, data = NULL, fun = NULL,
   # Add cencored
   if (censor & any(d$n.censor >= 1)) {
     p <- p + ggpubr::geom_exec(ggplot2::geom_point, data = d[d$n.censor > 0, , drop = FALSE],
-                          colour = surv.color, size = size*4.5, shape = "+")
+                          colour = surv.color, size = size*4.5, shape = censor.shape)
   }
 
   # Add pvalue
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 287de5a..536e743 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -145,8 +145,14 @@ fit <- survfit(Surv(time, status) ~ sex, data = lung)
 ```{r ggplot2-basic-survival-plot, fig.height = 4, fig.width = 5}
 ggsurvplot(fit, data = lung)
 ```
+
+Censor shape can be changed as follow: 
+
+```{r ggplot2-basic-survival-plot-censor, fig.height = 4, fig.width = 5}
+ggsurvplot(fit, data = lung, censor.shape="|")
+```   
     
-    
+
 ### Customized survival curves
     
 
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