diff --git a/R/read_params.R b/R/read_params.R
index 7d82872..e081605 100644
--- a/R/read_params.R
+++ b/R/read_params.R
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ stage_here <- function(...) {
 #' @return a list
 #' @importFrom yaml read_yaml
 #' @importFrom purrr modify_tree
+#' @keywords internal
 read_safe_yaml <- function(params_file) {
   yaml <- read_yaml(params_file,
     handlers = list(
diff --git a/man/read_safe_yaml.Rd b/man/read_safe_yaml.Rd
index bb53d3e..7f2ce97 100644
--- a/man/read_safe_yaml.Rd
+++ b/man/read_safe_yaml.Rd
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ a list
 Read in YAML files while not interpolating yes/no and Y/N.
 This is necessary because there's no YAML 1.2-compliant parser in R yet.
 }
+\keyword{internal}