diff --git a/docs/modules/prompts/examples/examples.yaml b/docs/modules/prompts/examples/examples.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c0935ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/modules/prompts/examples/examples.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- input: happy
+  output: sad
+- input: tall
+  output: short
diff --git a/docs/modules/prompts/examples/few_shot_prompt_yaml_examples.yaml b/docs/modules/prompts/examples/few_shot_prompt_yaml_examples.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..438054c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/modules/prompts/examples/few_shot_prompt_yaml_examples.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+_type: few_shot
+input_variables:
+    ["adjective"]
+prefix: 
+    Write antonyms for the following words.
+example_prompt:
+    input_variables:
+        ["input", "output"]
+    template:
+        "Input: {input}\nOutput: {output}"
+examples:
+    examples.yaml
+suffix:
+    "Input: {adjective}\nOutput:"
diff --git a/docs/modules/prompts/examples/prompt_serialization.ipynb b/docs/modules/prompts/examples/prompt_serialization.ipynb
index 06c41ca9..8b85121e 100644
--- a/docs/modules/prompts/examples/prompt_serialization.ipynb
+++ b/docs/modules/prompts/examples/prompt_serialization.ipynb
@@ -225,6 +225,35 @@
     "!cat examples.json"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "d3052850",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "And here is what the same examples stored as yaml might look like."
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 9,
+   "id": "901385d1",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "- input: happy\r\n",
+      "  output: sad\r\n",
+      "- input: tall\r\n",
+      "  output: short\r\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "!cat examples.yaml"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "id": "8e300335",
@@ -236,7 +265,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 9,
+   "execution_count": 10,
    "id": "e2bec0fc",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -267,7 +296,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 10,
+   "execution_count": 11,
    "id": "98c8f356",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -293,6 +322,73 @@
     "print(prompt.format(adjective=\"funny\"))"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "13620324",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "The same would work if you loaded examples from the yaml file."
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 12,
+   "id": "831e5e4a",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "_type: few_shot\r\n",
+      "input_variables:\r\n",
+      "    [\"adjective\"]\r\n",
+      "prefix: \r\n",
+      "    Write antonyms for the following words.\r\n",
+      "example_prompt:\r\n",
+      "    input_variables:\r\n",
+      "        [\"input\", \"output\"]\r\n",
+      "    template:\r\n",
+      "        \"Input: {input}\\nOutput: {output}\"\r\n",
+      "examples:\r\n",
+      "    examples.yaml\r\n",
+      "suffix:\r\n",
+      "    \"Input: {adjective}\\nOutput:\"\r\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "!cat few_shot_prompt_yaml_examples.yaml"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 13,
+   "id": "6f0a7eaa",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "Write antonyms for the following words.\n",
+      "\n",
+      "Input: happy\n",
+      "Output: sad\n",
+      "\n",
+      "Input: tall\n",
+      "Output: short\n",
+      "\n",
+      "Input: funny\n",
+      "Output:\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "prompt = load_prompt(\"few_shot_prompt_yaml_examples.yaml\")\n",
+    "print(prompt.format(adjective=\"funny\"))"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "id": "4870aa9d",
@@ -304,7 +400,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 11,
+   "execution_count": 14,
    "id": "9d996a86",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -332,7 +428,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 12,
+   "execution_count": 15,
    "id": "dd2c10bb",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -369,7 +465,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 13,
+   "execution_count": 16,
    "id": "6cd781ef",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -400,7 +496,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 14,
+   "execution_count": 17,
    "id": "533ab8a7",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -437,7 +533,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 15,
+   "execution_count": 18,
    "id": "0b6dd7b8",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -458,7 +554,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 16,
+   "execution_count": 19,
    "id": "76a1065d",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -483,7 +579,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 17,
+   "execution_count": 20,
    "id": "744d275d",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
@@ -530,7 +626,7 @@
   },
   "vscode": {
    "interpreter": {
-    "hash": "b1677b440931f40d89ef8be7bf03acb108ce003de0ac9b18e8d43753ea2e7103"
+    "hash": "8eb71adebe840dca1185e9603533462bc47eb1b1a73bf7dab2d0a8a4c932882e"
    }
   }
  },
diff --git a/langchain/prompts/loading.py b/langchain/prompts/loading.py
index e7ceb6fe..721cbcd6 100644
--- a/langchain/prompts/loading.py
+++ b/langchain/prompts/loading.py
@@ -52,10 +52,17 @@ def _load_examples(config: dict) -> dict:
         pass
     elif isinstance(config["examples"], str):
         with open(config["examples"]) as f:
-            examples = json.load(f)
+            if config["examples"].endswith(".json"):
+                examples = json.load(f)
+            elif config["examples"].endswith((".yaml", ".yml")):
+                examples = yaml.safe_load(f)
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "Invalid file format. Only json or yaml formats are supported."
+                )
         config["examples"] = examples
     else:
-        raise ValueError
+        raise ValueError("Invalid examples format. Only list or string are supported.")
     return config