diff --git a/runtime/doc/indent.txt b/runtime/doc/indent.txt
index 7865bb6..9fb6dd9 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/indent.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/indent.txt
@@ -1255,5 +1255,11 @@
 This variable is equivalent to `g:vim_indent.line_continuation`.
 It's supported for backward compatibility.
 
+YAML							*ft-yaml-indent*
+
+By default, the yaml indent script does not try to detect multiline scalars. 
+If you want to enable this, set the following variable: >
+
+  let g:yaml_indent_multiline_scalar = 1
 
  vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: