diff --git a/docsite/latest/rst/playbooks2.rst b/docsite/latest/rst/playbooks2.rst
index 85a73eea4d..d4bccfabfc 100644
--- a/docsite/latest/rst/playbooks2.rst
+++ b/docsite/latest/rst/playbooks2.rst
@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@ As of Ansible 1.3, extra vars can be loaded from a JSON file with the "@" syntax
 
     --extra-vars "@some_file.json"
 
+Also as of Ansible 1.3, extra vars can be formatted as YAML, either on the command line
+or in a file as above.
+
 Conditional Execution
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