diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/PyParse.py b/Lib/idlelib/PyParse.py
index a51235620d7..c8212b21436 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/PyParse.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/PyParse.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ _synchre = re.compile(r"""
     |   except
     |   raise
     |   import
+    |   yield
     )
     \b
 """, re.VERBOSE | re.MULTILINE).search