diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a819c3eb8..397a80cbb 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # usethis (development version)
 
+* `edit_rstudio_snippets()` now accepts yaml snippets (@olivroy, #1941)
+
 # usethis 2.2.2
 
 * Implicit usage of `numeric_version()` via comparison now always provides
diff --git a/man/edit.Rd b/man/edit.Rd
index c76d784a0..43fb62483 100644
--- a/man/edit.Rd
+++ b/man/edit.Rd
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ edit_r_makevars(scope = c("user", "project"))
 
 edit_rstudio_snippets(
   type = c("r", "markdown", "c_cpp", "css", "html", "java", "javascript", "python",
-    "sql", "stan", "tex")
+    "sql", "stan", "tex", "yaml")
 )
 
 edit_rstudio_prefs()