diff --git a/changes.txt b/changes.txt
--- a/changes.txt
+++ b/changes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+1.5.2.0
+-------
+
+- Fri 04 Jun 2021 18:04:53 CEST
+- Add YAML syntax (request by Дмитрий)
+
 1.5.1.0
 -------
 
diff --git a/doc/usr/page.rst b/doc/usr/page.rst
--- a/doc/usr/page.rst
+++ b/doc/usr/page.rst
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@
 - Markdown files (``.md``)
 - R files (``.r``, ``.R``)
 - Forth files (``.fs``, ``.fth``, ``.4th``)
+- YAML files (``.yaml``, ``.yml``)
 - plain text files (``.txt``)
 
 If you want a file type ``.xyz`` to be recognised as one in the list above,
diff --git a/lentil.cabal b/lentil.cabal
--- a/lentil.cabal
+++ b/lentil.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                lentil
-version:             1.5.1.0
+version:             1.5.2.0
 synopsis:            frugal issue tracker
 description:         minumum effort, cohesive issue tracker based on
                      ubiquitous @TODO@s and @FIXME@s conventions.
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
                      test/test-files/lang-comm/standard-ml.sml,
                      test/test-files/lang-comm/rst.rst,
                      test/test-files/lang-comm/org-mode.org,
+                     test/test-files/lang-comm/yaml.yml,
                      test/test-files/lang-comm/text.txt,
                      test/test-files/specific/contiguous.c,
                      test/test-files/specific/cont-custom.c,
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@
                        text==1.2.*,
                        terminal-progress-bar==0.4.*
                        -- same as above, plus hspec
-                       , hspec      >= 2.3 && < 2.8
+                       , hspec      >= 2.3 && < 2.9
   other-modules:       Lentil.Types, Lentil.Args, Lentil.File, Lentil.Print,
                        Lentil.Query, Lentil.Export, Lentil.Parse.Source,
                        Lentil.Parse.Issue, Lentil.Parse.Syntaxes,
diff --git a/src/Lentil/Parse/Syntaxes.hs b/src/Lentil/Parse/Syntaxes.hs
--- a/src/Lentil/Parse/Syntaxes.hs
+++ b/src/Lentil/Parse/Syntaxes.hs
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
               ([".org"],                Just org), -- org-mode
               ([".r"],                  Just rp), -- R language
               ([".fs", ".fth", ".4th"], Just forth), -- forth
+              ([".yaml", ".yml"],       Just perl), -- YAML
               ([".txt", ".md"],         Just text) ]
 
 haskell, c, javascript, pascal, python, ruby, perl, nix,
diff --git a/src/Main.hs b/src/Main.hs
--- a/src/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Main.hs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
                                    short 'v'      S.<>
                                    help "show version and copyright info" )
     where
-          versionCopy = "\nlentil - frugal issue tracker, version 1.5.1.0\n\
+          versionCopy = "\nlentil - frugal issue tracker, version 1.5.2.0\n\
                         \(C) 2015-2021 Francesco Ariis - http://www.ariis.it\n\
                         \released under the GNU General Public License v3\n"
 
diff --git a/test/Lentil/Parse/RunSpec.hs b/test/Lentil/Parse/RunSpec.hs
--- a/test/Lentil/Parse/RunSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Lentil/Parse/RunSpec.hs
@@ -109,4 +109,7 @@
     it "parses a Forth source" $
         fileParser [] [] "test/test-files/lang-comm/forth.fs"
             `shouldReturn` spt "test/test-files/lang-comm/forth.fs"
+    it "parses a YAML source" $
+        fileParser [] [] "test/test-files/lang-comm/yaml.yml"
+            `shouldReturn` spt "test/test-files/lang-comm/yaml.yml"
 
diff --git a/test/test-files/lang-comm/yaml.yml b/test/test-files/lang-comm/yaml.yml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-files/lang-comm/yaml.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# TODO: single
+# comment
+# todo single2
+
+    c: "st/*ring" # string
+    letter: 'c' # char
+
+# todo block1
+#   TODO: block2 [tog]
+
+#  end