diff --git a/utils/cobrautil/templates/help_flags_printer.go b/utils/cobrautil/templates/help_flags_printer.go
index 7dae1d34..a819e138 100644
--- a/utils/cobrautil/templates/help_flags_printer.go
+++ b/utils/cobrautil/templates/help_flags_printer.go
@@ -59,25 +59,33 @@ func (p *HelpFlagPrinter) PrintHelpFlag(flag *flag.Flag) {
 
 	// It always has at least 2 elements.
 	flagStr, usage := flagAndUsage[0], strings.Join(flagAndUsage[1:], " ")
-
-	usage = strings.ReplaceAll(usage, "<br>", "\n")
-	usage = strings.ReplaceAll(usage, "<ul>", "")
-	usage = strings.ReplaceAll(usage, "<li>", "\n- ")
-	usage = strings.ReplaceAll(usage, "</ul>", "\n\n")
-	usage = strings.ReplaceAll(usage, "<code>", "")
-	usage = strings.ReplaceAll(usage, "</code>", "")
-	usage = strings.ReplaceAll(usage, "<code-block>", "\"")
-	usage = strings.ReplaceAll(usage, "</code-block>", "\"")
+	usage = p.replaceHTML(usage)
 	usage = withLinks(usage)
-	usage = strings.TrimSpace(usage)
-
 	usage = wordwrap.WrapString(usage, p.wrapLimit-offset)
+
 	wrappedStr = flagStr + "\n" + usage
 	appendTabStr := strings.ReplaceAll(wrappedStr, "\n", "\n\t")
 
 	fmt.Fprintf(p.out, appendTabStr+"\n\n")
 }
 
+func (p *HelpFlagPrinter) replaceHTML(s string) string {
+	r := strings.NewReplacer(
+		"<br>", "\n",
+		"<ul>", "",
+		"<li>", "\n- ",
+		"</ul>", "\n\n",
+		"<code>", "",
+		"</code>", "",
+		"<code-block>", "\"",
+		"</code-block>", "\"",
+	)
+
+	s = r.Replace(s)
+	s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
+	return s
+}
+
 // writeFlag will output the help flag based
 // on the format provided by getFlagFormat to i/o writer
 func writeFlag(out io.Writer, f *flag.Flag, envPrefix string) {
diff --git a/utils/cobrautil/templates/markdown_flag_printer.go b/utils/cobrautil/templates/markdown_flag_printer.go
index 31b198f9..1a71a907 100644
--- a/utils/cobrautil/templates/markdown_flag_printer.go
+++ b/utils/cobrautil/templates/markdown_flag_printer.go
@@ -33,22 +33,31 @@ func (p *MarkdownFlagPrinter) PrintHelpFlag(f *pflag.Flag) {
 	fmt.Fprint(p.out, "\n\n")
 
 	body := p.body(f)
-	body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, ". ", ".\n")
-	body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, "<br>", "\n")
-	body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, "<ul>", "\n")
-	body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, "<li>", "\n- ")
-	body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, "</ul>", "\n\n")
-	body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, "<code>", "`")
-	body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, "</code>", "`")
-	body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, "<code-block>", "\n```\n")
-	body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, "</code-block>", "\n```\n")
+	body = p.replaceHTML(body)
 	body = withMarkdownLinks(body)
-	body = strings.TrimSpace(body)
 
 	fmt.Fprintf(p.out, body)
 	fmt.Fprintf(p.out, "\n\n")
 }
 
+func (p *MarkdownFlagPrinter) replaceHTML(s string) string {
+	r := strings.NewReplacer(
+		". ", ".\n",
+		"<br>", "\n",
+		"<ul>", "\n",
+		"<li>", "\n- ",
+		"</ul>", "\n\n",
+		"<code>", "`",
+		"</code>", "`",
+		"<code-block>", "\n```\n",
+		"</code-block>", "\n```\n",
+	)
+
+	s = r.Replace(s)
+	s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
+	return s
+}
+
 func withMarkdownLinks(s string) string {
 	re := regexp.MustCompile(linkPattern)
 
diff --git a/utils/cobrautil/templates/yaml_flag_printer.go b/utils/cobrautil/templates/yaml_flag_printer.go
index 5222ad2b..c2ca9043 100644
--- a/utils/cobrautil/templates/yaml_flag_printer.go
+++ b/utils/cobrautil/templates/yaml_flag_printer.go
@@ -30,16 +30,8 @@ func NewYamlFlagPrinter(out io.Writer, wrapLimit uint) *YamlFlagPrinter {
 func (p *YamlFlagPrinter) PrintHelpFlag(f *pflag.Flag) {
 	name, usage := flagNameAndUsage(f)
 
-	usage = strings.ReplaceAll(usage, "<br>", "\n")
-	usage = strings.ReplaceAll(usage, "<ul>", "")
-	usage = strings.ReplaceAll(usage, "<li>", "\n- ")
-	usage = strings.ReplaceAll(usage, "</ul>", "\n\n")
-	usage = strings.ReplaceAll(usage, "<code>", "")
-	usage = strings.ReplaceAll(usage, "</code>", "")
-	usage = strings.ReplaceAll(usage, "<code-block>", "\"")
-	usage = strings.ReplaceAll(usage, "</code-block>", "\"")
+	usage = p.replaceHTML(usage)
 	usage = withLinks(usage)
-	usage = strings.TrimSpace(usage)
 
 	fmt.Fprintf(p.out, "# %s%s\n#\n", f.Name, name)
 	for _, l := range strings.Split(wordwrap.WrapString(usage, p.wrapLimit-2), "\n") {
@@ -51,6 +43,23 @@ func (p *YamlFlagPrinter) PrintHelpFlag(f *pflag.Flag) {
 	fmt.Fprintf(p.out, "#%s: %s\n\n", f.Name, p.defaultValue(f))
 }
 
+func (p *YamlFlagPrinter) replaceHTML(s string) string {
+	r := strings.NewReplacer(
+		"<br>", "\n",
+		"<ul>", "",
+		"<li>", "\n- ",
+		"</ul>", "\n\n",
+		"<code>", "",
+		"</code>", "",
+		"<code-block>", "\"",
+		"</code-block>", "\"",
+	)
+
+	s = r.Replace(s)
+	s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
+	return s
+}
+
 func (p *YamlFlagPrinter) defaultValue(f *pflag.Flag) string {
 	def := f.DefValue
 	if def == "[]" {