diff --git a/docs/guides/javascript.md b/docs/guides/javascript.md
index 5e3ef1f55..0dbf49b6e 100644
--- a/docs/guides/javascript.md
+++ b/docs/guides/javascript.md
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ responses:
 
 // create a new instance of spectral with all of the baked in rulesets
 const spectral = new Spectral();
-spectral.run(myOpenApiDocument).then(results => console.log(results);
+spectral.run(myOpenApiDocument).then(results => console.log(results));
 ```
 
+Please note that by default Spectral supports YAML 1.2 with merge keys extension.
+
 This will run Spectral with no rules or functions, so it's not going to do anything. Find out how to add rules and functions below.
 
 ## Linting an Object
@@ -55,14 +57,12 @@ Spectral comes with some rulesets that are very specific to OpenAPI v2/v3, and t
 ```js
 const { Spectral } = require('@stoplight/spectral');
 const { parseWithPointers } = require("@stoplight/yaml");
-const { oas3Functions } = require('@stoplight/spectral/dist/rulesets/oas3');
 
 const myOpenApiDocument = {
   // any parsed open api document
 };
 
 const spectral = new Spectral();
-spectral.addFunctions(oas3Functions());
 spectral.loadRuleset('spectral:oas3') // spectral:oas2 for OAS 2.0 aka Swagger
   .then(() => spectral.run(myOpenApiDocument))
   .then(results => {
@@ -345,4 +345,4 @@ expect(result).toEqual([
     code: 'rule1',
   }),
 ]);
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 23482ac09..26ac472b1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     "@stoplight/json-ref-resolver": "^2.1.2",
     "@stoplight/path": "^1.1.0",
     "@stoplight/types": "^11.0.0",
-    "@stoplight/yaml": "^3.0.0",
+    "@stoplight/yaml": "^3.1.0",
     "abort-controller": "^3.0.0",
     "ajv": "^6.7",
     "ajv-oai": "^1.1.1",
diff --git a/src/__tests__/__fixtures__/implicit-strings.oas3.yaml b/src/__tests__/__fixtures__/implicit-strings.oas3.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..032699dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/__fixtures__/implicit-strings.oas3.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+openapi: 3.0.0
+info:
+  title: Random title
+  description: Random description
+  version: 0.0.1
+  contact:
+    email: random@random.com
+paths: {}
+servers:
+  - url: https://www.random.com
+components:
+  schemas:
+    RandomRequest:
+      description: A random request
+      type: object
+      properties:
+        implicit_string_date:
+          description: Some YAML 1.2 implicit string.
+          type: string
+          example: 2012-10-12
+        another_implicit_string_date:
+          description: Some string.
+          type: string
+          example: x20121012
+        explicit_string_date:
+          description: Explicit string.
+          type: string
+          example: "2012-10-12"
diff --git a/src/__tests__/parsing.jest.test.ts b/src/__tests__/parsing.jest.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c13da33ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/parsing.jest.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import * as path from '@stoplight/path';
+import { parseWithPointers } from '@stoplight/yaml';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+
+const implicitStringOAS3Document = path.join(__dirname, './__fixtures__/implicit-strings.oas3.yaml');
+
+describe('Parsing', () => {
+  it('parses YAML scalar values according to YAML 1.2', () => {
+    const { data } = parseWithPointers(fs.readFileSync(implicitStringOAS3Document, 'utf8'));
+
+    expect(data).toHaveProperty(
+      'components.schemas.RandomRequest.properties.implicit_string_date.example',
+      '2012-10-12',
+    );
+    expect(data).toHaveProperty(
+      'components.schemas.RandomRequest.properties.another_implicit_string_date.example',
+      'x20121012',
+    );
+    expect(data).toHaveProperty(
+      'components.schemas.RandomRequest.properties.explicit_string_date.example',
+      '2012-10-12',
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 04078d16f..9dfe87aa1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -662,10 +662,10 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/json-schema" "^7.0.3"
 
-"@stoplight/yaml@^3.0.0":
-  version "3.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@stoplight/yaml/-/yaml-3.0.2.tgz#acd567d580b35c7b2b8c9802a448ffcc70698507"
-  integrity sha512-VV4jQIYvRAR7nCnS7m6vPUrOcx0U6+47T/YmH77PdV56d6QJIsnHd7DusfnC5EDYBsW+deGnTjIPcRMlLmPE/g==
+"@stoplight/yaml@^3.1.0":
+  version "3.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@stoplight/yaml/-/yaml-3.1.0.tgz#1026dd99512b987f6686e9daa52f67bd36ab4285"
+  integrity sha512-Db+f9AJO95S+bWL4ODdItLNXaBE/ey5nYAB9K/i9IgBZgJ+lyQ1+L0HSduX627uzwZCqgMo0tySWrgVTi2scBQ==
   dependencies:
     "@stoplight/types" "^11.0.0"
     "@types/js-yaml" "3.12.1"