diff --git a/lib/markdownBuilder.js b/lib/markdownBuilder.js
index 33ae4492..a2fca279 100644
--- a/lib/markdownBuilder.js
+++ b/lib/markdownBuilder.js
@@ -705,7 +705,14 @@ export default function build({
   }
 
   function makedefault(schema, level = 1) {
-    if (schema[keyword`default`]) {
+    if (schema[keyword`default`] && exampleFormat === 'yaml') {
+      return [
+        heading(level + 1, text(i18n`${simpletitle(schema)} Default Value`)),
+        paragraph(text(i18n`The default value is:`)),
+        paragraph(code('yaml', yaml.dump(schema[keyword`default`], undefined, 2))),
+      ];
+    }
+    if (schema[keyword`default`] && exampleFormat === 'json') {
       return [
         heading(level + 1, text(i18n`${simpletitle(schema)} Default Value`)),
         paragraph(text(i18n`The default value is:`)),
diff --git a/test/fixtures/format/format.schema.json b/test/fixtures/format/format.schema.json
index 941fc656..7887db99 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/format/format.schema.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/format/format.schema.json
@@ -21,5 +21,10 @@
       "format": "Coolness",
       "value": "Maximum"
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "default": 
+    {
+      "format": "Coolness",
+      "value": "Maximum"
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/test/markdownBuilder.test.js b/test/markdownBuilder.test.js
index 36035857..8a78eb1b 100644
--- a/test/markdownBuilder.test.js
+++ b/test/markdownBuilder.test.js
@@ -167,6 +167,29 @@ value: Maximum
   });
 });
 
+describe('Testing Markdown Builder: YAML default', () => {
+  let results;
+
+  before(async () => {
+    const schemas = await traverseSchemas('format');
+    const builder = build({ header: false, exampleFormat: 'yaml' });
+    results = builder(schemas);
+  });
+
+  it('Format Schema has YAML default', () => {
+    assertMarkdown(results.format)
+      .fuzzy`## Properties Default Value
+
+The default value is:
+
+\`\`\`yaml
+format: Coolness
+value: Maximum
+
+\`\`\``;
+  });
+});
+
 describe('Testing Markdown Builder: enums', () => {
   let results;