diff --git a/asdf/_tests/tags/core/tests/test_integer.py b/asdf/_tests/tags/core/tests/test_integer.py
index e27203abb..82f5fa13b 100644
--- a/asdf/_tests/tags/core/tests/test_integer.py
+++ b/asdf/_tests/tags/core/tests/test_integer.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def test_integer_storage(tmpdir, inline):
     with asdf.AsdfFile(tree) as af:
         af.write_to(tmpfile)
 
-    tree = asdf.util.load_yaml(tmpfile, as_tagged=True)
+    tree = asdf.util.load_yaml(tmpfile, tagged=True)
     if inline:
         assert "source" not in tree["integer"]["words"]
         assert "data" in tree["integer"]["words"]
diff --git a/asdf/_tests/test_util.py b/asdf/_tests/test_util.py
index 6af71a532..e1800cf5d 100644
--- a/asdf/_tests/test_util.py
+++ b/asdf/_tests/test_util.py
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ def test_minversion():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("input_type", ["filename", "binary_file", "generic_file"])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("as_tagged", [True, False])
-def test_load_yaml(tmp_path, input_type, as_tagged):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("tagged", [True, False])
+def test_load_yaml(tmp_path, input_type, tagged):
     fn = tmp_path / "test.asdf"
     asdf.AsdfFile({"a": np.zeros(3)}).write_to(fn)
 
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ def test_load_yaml(tmp_path, input_type, as_tagged):
         ctx = init
 
     with ctx:
-        tree = util.load_yaml(init, as_tagged=as_tagged)
-    if as_tagged:
+        tree = util.load_yaml(init, tagged=tagged)
+    if tagged:
         assert isinstance(tree["a"], asdf.tagged.TaggedDict)
     else:
         assert not isinstance(tree["a"], asdf.tagged.TaggedDict)
diff --git a/asdf/util.py b/asdf/util.py
index 51d4bc81e..75bd07bf5 100644
--- a/asdf/util.py
+++ b/asdf/util.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 ]
 
 
-def load_yaml(init, as_tagged=False):
+def load_yaml(init, tagged=False):
     """
     Load just the yaml portion of an ASDF file
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def load_yaml(init, as_tagged=False):
     init : filename or file-like
         If file-like this must be opened in binary mode.
 
-    as_tagged: bool, optional
+    tagged: bool, optional
         Return tree with instances of `asdf.tagged.Tagged` this
         can be helpful if the yaml tags are of interest.
         If False, the tree will only contain basic python types
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def load_yaml(init, as_tagged=False):
     from .generic_io import get_file
     from .yamlutil import AsdfLoader
 
-    if as_tagged:
+    if tagged:
         loader = AsdfLoader
     else:
         loader = yaml.CBaseLoader if getattr(yaml, "__with_libyaml__", None) else yaml.BaseLoader