diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be5bea62..34c41622 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -265,20 +265,20 @@ let order = object({
     skipAbsent: true,
     test(value, ctx) {
       if (!value.startsWith('s-')) {
-        return ctx.createError({ message: 'SKU missing correct prefix' })
+        return ctx.createError({ message: 'SKU missing correct prefix' });
       }
       if (!value.endsWith('-42a')) {
-        return ctx.createError({ message: 'SKU missing correct suffix' })
+        return ctx.createError({ message: 'SKU missing correct suffix' });
       }
       if (value.length < 10) {
-        return ctx.createError({ message: 'SKU is not the right length' })
+        return ctx.createError({ message: 'SKU is not the right length' });
       }
-      return true
-    }
-  })
-})
+      return true;
+    },
+  }),
+});
 
-order.validate({ no: 1234, sku: 's-1a45-14a' })
+order.validate({ no: 1234, sku: 's-1a45-14a' });
 ```
 
 ### Composition and Reuse
@@ -360,7 +360,6 @@ let schema: ObjectSchema<Person> = object({
 let badSchema: ObjectSchema<Person> = object({
   name: number(),
 });
-
 ```
 
 ### Extending built-in schema with new methods
@@ -1725,11 +1724,23 @@ let schema = object({
 schema.cast({ prop: 5, other: 6 }); // => { myProp: 5, other: 6, Other: 6 }
 ```
 
+#### `object.exact(message?: string | function): Schema`
+
+Validates that the object does not contain extra or unknown properties
+
+#### `object.stripUnknown(): Schema`
+
+The same as `object().validate(value, { stripUnknown: true})`, but as a transform method. When set
+any unknown properties will be removed.
+
 #### `object.noUnknown(onlyKnownKeys: boolean = true, message?: string | function): Schema`
 
 Validate that the object value only contains keys specified in `shape`, pass `false` as the first
 argument to disable the check. Restricting keys to known, also enables `stripUnknown` option, when not in strict mode.
 
+> Watch Out!: this method performs a transform and a validation, which may produce unexpected results.
+> For more explicit behavior use `object().stripUnknown` and `object().exact()`
+
 #### `object.camelCase(): Schema`
 
 Transforms all object keys to camelCase
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 57ad9894..9c7b0d52 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -105,5 +105,6 @@
     "tiny-case": "^1.0.3",
     "toposort": "^2.0.2",
     "type-fest": "^2.19.0"
-  }
+  },
+  "packageManager": "yarn@1.22.22+sha512.a6b2f7906b721bba3d67d4aff083df04dad64c399707841b7acf00f6b133b7ac24255f2652fa22ae3534329dc6180534e98d17432037ff6fd140556e2bb3137e"
 }
diff --git a/src/locale.ts b/src/locale.ts
index 6b70f68f..bc4e87a0 100644
--- a/src/locale.ts
+++ b/src/locale.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ export interface DateLocale {
 }
 
 export interface ObjectLocale {
-  noUnknown?: Message;
+  noUnknown?: Message<{ unknown: string[] }>;
+  exact?: Message<{ properties: string[] }>;
 }
 
 export interface ArrayLocale {
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ export let boolean: BooleanLocale = {
 
 export let object: Required<ObjectLocale> = {
   noUnknown: '${path} field has unspecified keys: ${unknown}',
+  exact: '${path} object contains unknown properties: ${properties}',
 };
 
 export let array: Required<ArrayLocale> = {
diff --git a/src/object.ts b/src/object.ts
index 90898973..5825f686 100644
--- a/src/object.ts
+++ b/src/object.ts
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ export default class ObjectSchema<
     });
   }
 
-  clone(spec?: ObjectSchemaSpec): this {
+  clone(spec?: Partial<ObjectSchemaSpec>): this {
     const next = super.clone(spec);
     next.fields = { ...this.fields };
     next._nodes = this._nodes;
@@ -462,6 +462,31 @@ export default class ObjectSchema<
     return this.transform(parseJson);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Similar to `noUnknown` but only validates that an object is the right shape without stripping the unknown keys
+   */
+  exact(message?: Message): this {
+    return this.test({
+      name: 'exact',
+      exclusive: true,
+      message: message || locale.exact,
+      test(value) {
+        if (value == null) return true;
+
+        const unknownKeys = unknown(this.schema, value);
+
+        return (
+          unknownKeys.length === 0 ||
+          this.createError({ params: { properties: unknownKeys.join(', ') } })
+        );
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  stripUnknown(): this {
+    return this.clone({ noUnknown: true });
+  }
+
   noUnknown(message?: Message): this;
   noUnknown(noAllow: boolean, message?: Message): this;
   noUnknown(noAllow: Message | boolean = true, message = locale.noUnknown) {
diff --git a/test/object.ts b/test/object.ts
index 553c679e..22d3780f 100644
--- a/test/object.ts
+++ b/test/object.ts
@@ -427,6 +427,18 @@ describe('Object types', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should work with exact', async () => {
+    let inst = object()
+      .shape({
+        prop: mixed(),
+      })
+      .exact();
+
+    await expect(inst.validate({ extra: 'field' })).rejects.toThrowError(
+      'this object contains unknown properties: extra',
+    );
+  });
+
   it('should strip specific fields', () => {
     let inst = object().shape({
       prop: mixed().strip(false),