diff --git a/lexers/testdata/yaml.expected b/lexers/testdata/yaml.expected
index 06bf434fc..27f173a64 100644
--- a/lexers/testdata/yaml.expected
+++ b/lexers/testdata/yaml.expected
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [
-  {"type":"Text","value":"---"},
+  {"type":"NameNamespace","value":"---"},
   {"type":"TextWhitespace","value":"  "},
   {"type":"Comment","value":"# document start"},
   {"type":"TextWhitespace","value":"\n\n"},
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@
   {"type":"TextWhitespace","value":" "},
   {"type":"KeywordConstant","value":"null"},
   {"type":"TextWhitespace","value":"\n\n"},
-  {"type":"Text","value":"..."},
+  {"type":"NameNamespace","value":"..."},
   {"type":"TextWhitespace","value":"  "},
   {"type":"Comment","value":"# document end"},
   {"type":"TextWhitespace","value":"\n"}
diff --git a/lexers/y/yaml.go b/lexers/y/yaml.go
index 172c214e6..0797c530e 100644
--- a/lexers/y/yaml.go
+++ b/lexers/y/yaml.go
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ var YAML = internal.Register(MustNewLexer(
 	Rules{
 		"root": {
 			Include("whitespace"),
-			{`^---`, Text, nil},
+			{`^---`, NameNamespace, nil},
+			{`^\.\.\.`, NameNamespace, nil},
 			{`[\n?]?\s*- `, Text, nil},
 			{`#.*$`, Comment, nil},
 			{`!![^\s]+`, CommentPreproc, nil},