diff --git a/utils/cobrautil/templates/help_flags_printer.go b/utils/cobrautil/templates/help_flags_printer.go
index 639518d3..4662416c 100644
--- a/utils/cobrautil/templates/help_flags_printer.go
+++ b/utils/cobrautil/templates/help_flags_printer.go
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ func (p *HelpFlagPrinter) PrintHelpFlag(flag *flag.Flag) {
 	flagStr, usageStr := flagAndUsage[0], strings.Join(flagAndUsage[1:], " ")
 
 	usageWithBreakLines := strings.ReplaceAll(usageStr, "<br>", "\n\n")
-	usageWithExamples := strings.ReplaceAll(usageWithBreakLines, "<ex>", "\"")
-	usageWithLinks := withLinks(usageWithExamples)
+	usageWithCodeBlocks := strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ReplaceAll(usageWithBreakLines, "<code>", "\""), "</code>", "\"")
+	usageWithLinks := withLinks(usageWithCodeBlocks)
 	wrappedUsages := wordwrap.WrapString(usageWithLinks, p.wrapLimit-offset)
 	wrappedStr = flagStr + "\n" + wrappedUsages
 	appendTabStr := strings.ReplaceAll(wrappedStr, "\n", "\n\t")
diff --git a/utils/cobrautil/templates/markdown_flag_printer.go b/utils/cobrautil/templates/markdown_flag_printer.go
index 901996a1..44d98562 100644
--- a/utils/cobrautil/templates/markdown_flag_printer.go
+++ b/utils/cobrautil/templates/markdown_flag_printer.go
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ func (p *MarkdownFlagPrinter) PrintHelpFlag(f *pflag.Flag) {
 	body := p.body(f)
 	body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, ". ", ".\n")
 	body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, "<br>", "\n")
-	body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, "<ex>", "\n```\n")
+	body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, "<code>", "```\n")
+	body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, "</code>", "\n```\n")
 	body = withMarkdownLinks(body)
 
 	fmt.Fprintf(p.out, body)