diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.0.1] - 2022-04-28
+
+### Changed
+
+* Changed `renderPlainSchemaVia`, `renderPlainSchemaViaCodec`, `renderColouredSchemaVia` and `renderColouredSchemaViaCodec` to output `Text` instead of `ByteString`.
+
 ## [0.1.0.1] - 2022-04-26
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/autodocodec-yaml.cabal b/autodocodec-yaml.cabal
--- a/autodocodec-yaml.cabal
+++ b/autodocodec-yaml.cabal
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 cabal-version: 1.12
 
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.34.5.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.34.7.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           autodocodec-yaml
-version:        0.1.0.1
+version:        0.2.0.0
 synopsis:       Autodocodec interpreters for yaml
 homepage:       https://github.com/NorfairKing/autodocodec#readme
 bug-reports:    https://github.com/NorfairKing/autodocodec/issues
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     , containers
     , path
     , path-io
-    , safe-coloured-text
+    , safe-coloured-text >=0.2.0.0
     , scientific
     , text
     , unordered-containers
diff --git a/src/Autodocodec/Yaml/IO.hs b/src/Autodocodec/Yaml/IO.hs
--- a/src/Autodocodec/Yaml/IO.hs
+++ b/src/Autodocodec/Yaml/IO.hs
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 import Autodocodec.Yaml.Schema
 import qualified Data.ByteString as SB
 import qualified Data.Text as T
-import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as TE
-import qualified Data.Text.Encoding.Error as TE
 import qualified Data.Yaml as Yaml
 import Path
 import Path.IO
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@
                         fs -> "While parsing files:" : map (("* " <>) . toFilePath) fs
                       referenceMsgs =
                         [ "Reference: ",
-                          T.unpack $ TE.decodeUtf8With TE.lenientDecode (renderColouredSchemaViaCodec @a)
+                          T.unpack $ renderColouredSchemaViaCodec @a
                         ]
                   die $
                     unlines $
diff --git a/src/Autodocodec/Yaml/Schema.hs b/src/Autodocodec/Yaml/Schema.hs
--- a/src/Autodocodec/Yaml/Schema.hs
+++ b/src/Autodocodec/Yaml/Schema.hs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 import Autodocodec
 import Autodocodec.Schema
-import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
 import Data.List.NonEmpty (NonEmpty (..))
 import qualified Data.List.NonEmpty as NE
 import qualified Data.Map as M
@@ -22,20 +21,20 @@
 import Text.Colour
 
 -- | Render a human-readable schema for a type's 'codec', in colour.
-renderColouredSchemaViaCodec :: forall a. HasCodec a => ByteString
+renderColouredSchemaViaCodec :: forall a. HasCodec a => Text
 renderColouredSchemaViaCodec = renderColouredSchemaVia (codec @a)
 
 -- | Render a human-readable schema for a given codec, in colour.
-renderColouredSchemaVia :: ValueCodec input output -> ByteString
-renderColouredSchemaVia = renderChunksBS With24BitColours . schemaChunksVia
+renderColouredSchemaVia :: ValueCodec input output -> Text
+renderColouredSchemaVia = renderChunksText With24BitColours . schemaChunksVia
 
 -- | Render a human-readable schema for a type's 'codec', without colour.
-renderPlainSchemaViaCodec :: forall a. HasCodec a => ByteString
+renderPlainSchemaViaCodec :: forall a. HasCodec a => Text
 renderPlainSchemaViaCodec = renderPlainSchemaVia (codec @a)
 
 -- | Render a human-readable schema for a given codec, without colour.
-renderPlainSchemaVia :: ValueCodec input output -> ByteString
-renderPlainSchemaVia = renderChunksBS WithoutColours . schemaChunksVia
+renderPlainSchemaVia :: ValueCodec input output -> Text
+renderPlainSchemaVia = renderChunksText WithoutColours . schemaChunksVia
 
 -- | Produce potentially-coloured 'Chunk's for a human-readable schema for a type's 'codec'.
 schemaChunksViaCodec :: forall a. HasCodec a => [Chunk]