diff --git a/kyaml/kio/byteio_reader.go b/kyaml/kio/byteio_reader.go
index 620eea1bc..f179cedba 100644
--- a/kyaml/kio/byteio_reader.go
+++ b/kyaml/kio/byteio_reader.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ type ByteReader struct {
 	Reader io.Reader
 
 	// OmitReaderAnnotations will configures Read to skip setting the config.kubernetes.io/index
-	// annotation on Resources as they are Read.
+	// and internal.config.kubernetes.io/seqindent annotations on Resources as they are Read.
 	OmitReaderAnnotations bool
 
 	// AddSeqIndentAnnotation if true adds kioutil.SeqIndentAnnotation to each resource
@@ -314,20 +314,14 @@ func seqIndentAnno(node *yaml.Node, originalYAML string) string {
 	}
 
 	// marshal the node with 2 space sequence indentation and calculate the diff
-	out, err := yaml.MarshalWithOptions(rNode.Document(), &yaml.EncoderOptions{
-		MapIndent: yaml.DefaultMapIndent,
-		SeqIndent: yaml.WideSeqIndent,
-	})
+	out, err := yaml.MarshalWithOptions(rNode.Document(), &yaml.EncoderOptions{SeqIndent: yaml.WideSeqIndent})
 	if err != nil {
 		return ""
 	}
 	twoSpaceIndentDiff := copyutil.PrettyFileDiff(string(out), originalYAML)
 
 	// marshal the node with 0 space sequence indentation and calculate the diff
-	out, err = yaml.MarshalWithOptions(rNode.Document(), &yaml.EncoderOptions{
-		MapIndent: yaml.DefaultMapIndent,
-		SeqIndent: yaml.CompactSeqIndent,
-	})
+	out, err = yaml.MarshalWithOptions(rNode.Document(), &yaml.EncoderOptions{SeqIndent: yaml.CompactSeqIndent})
 	if err != nil {
 		return ""
 	}
diff --git a/kyaml/kio/byteio_readwriter_test.go b/kyaml/kio/byteio_readwriter_test.go
index e7657e1bc..20f8cf8fd 100644
--- a/kyaml/kio/byteio_readwriter_test.go
+++ b/kyaml/kio/byteio_readwriter_test.go
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ spec:
 `,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "round_trip with mixed indentations in same resource, least diff wins",
+			name: "round_trip with mixed indentations in same resource, wide wins",
 			input: `
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ env:
 `,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "round_trip with mixed indentations in same resource, least diff wins",
+			name: "round_trip with mixed indentations in same resource, compact wins",
 			input: `
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
diff --git a/kyaml/kio/pkgio_reader.go b/kyaml/kio/pkgio_reader.go
index 08d20f39b..3dd9b99c7 100644
--- a/kyaml/kio/pkgio_reader.go
+++ b/kyaml/kio/pkgio_reader.go
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ type LocalPackageReadWriter struct {
 
 	KeepReaderAnnotations bool `yaml:"keepReaderAnnotations,omitempty"`
 
+	// AddSeqIndentAnnotation if true adds kioutil.SeqIndentAnnotation to each resource
+	AddSeqIndentAnnotation bool
+
 	// PackagePath is the path to the package directory.
 	PackagePath string `yaml:"path,omitempty"`
 
@@ -79,13 +82,14 @@ type LocalPackageReadWriter struct {
 
 func (r *LocalPackageReadWriter) Read() ([]*yaml.RNode, error) {
 	nodes, err := LocalPackageReader{
-		PackagePath:         r.PackagePath,
-		MatchFilesGlob:      r.MatchFilesGlob,
-		IncludeSubpackages:  r.IncludeSubpackages,
-		ErrorIfNonResources: r.ErrorIfNonResources,
-		SetAnnotations:      r.SetAnnotations,
-		PackageFileName:     r.PackageFileName,
-		FileSkipFunc:        r.FileSkipFunc,
+		PackagePath:            r.PackagePath,
+		MatchFilesGlob:         r.MatchFilesGlob,
+		IncludeSubpackages:     r.IncludeSubpackages,
+		ErrorIfNonResources:    r.ErrorIfNonResources,
+		SetAnnotations:         r.SetAnnotations,
+		PackageFileName:        r.PackageFileName,
+		FileSkipFunc:           r.FileSkipFunc,
+		AddSeqIndentAnnotation: r.AddSeqIndentAnnotation,
 	}.Read()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err)
diff --git a/kyaml/yaml/alias.go b/kyaml/yaml/alias.go
index 6fb4f219a..b4a60ad11 100644
--- a/kyaml/yaml/alias.go
+++ b/kyaml/yaml/alias.go
@@ -13,17 +13,15 @@ import (
 const (
 	WideSeqIndent    SeqIndentType = "wide"
 	CompactSeqIndent SeqIndentType = "compact"
-	DefaultMapIndent               = 2
+	DefaultIndent                  = 2
 )
 
 // SeqIndentType holds the indentation style for sequence nodes
 type SeqIndentType string
 
-// EncoderOptions are options that can be used to configure the encoder
+// EncoderOptions are options that can be used to configure the encoder,
+// do not expose new options without considerable justification
 type EncoderOptions struct {
-	// MapIndent is the indentation for YAML Mapping nodes
-	MapIndent int
-
 	// SeqIndent is the indentation style for YAML Sequence nodes
 	SeqIndent SeqIndentType
 }
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ var Unmarshal = yaml.Unmarshal
 var NewDecoder = yaml.NewDecoder
 var NewEncoder = func(w io.Writer) *yaml.Encoder {
 	e := yaml.NewEncoder(w)
-	e.SetIndent(DefaultMapIndent)
+	e.SetIndent(DefaultIndent)
 	e.CompactSeqIndent()
 	return e
 }
@@ -70,7 +68,7 @@ func MarshalWithOptions(in interface{}, opts *EncoderOptions) ([]byte, error) {
 // NewEncoderWithOptions returns the encoder with provided options
 func NewEncoderWithOptions(w io.Writer, opts *EncoderOptions) *yaml.Encoder {
 	encoder := NewEncoder(w)
-	encoder.SetIndent(opts.MapIndent)
+	encoder.SetIndent(DefaultIndent)
 	if opts.SeqIndent == WideSeqIndent {
 		encoder.DefaultSeqIndent()
 	} else {