diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 7b5a0b3a3..d908e7e7c 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # usethis (development version)
 
+* `edit_rstudio_snippets()` now accepts yaml snippets (@olivroy, #1941).
+
 * `use_standalone()` inserts an improved header that includes the code needed to
   update the standalone file (@krlmlr, #1903).
 
diff --git a/R/edit.R b/R/edit.R
index 58b025d12..203c6450e 100644
--- a/R/edit.R
+++ b/R/edit.R
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ edit_r_makevars <- function(scope = c("user", "project")) {
 #' @param type Snippet type (case insensitive text).
 edit_rstudio_snippets <- function(type = c(
                                     "r", "markdown", "c_cpp", "css",
-                                    "html", "java", "javascript", "python", "sql", "stan", "tex"
+                                    "html", "java", "javascript", "python", "sql", "stan", "tex", "yaml"
                                     )) {
 
   type <- tolower(type)
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()