diff --git a/cmd/tk/export.go b/cmd/tk/export.go
index edc68c8e3..8ed287f81 100644
--- a/cmd/tk/export.go
+++ b/cmd/tk/export.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ func exportCmd() *cli.Command {
 
 	vars := workflowFlags(cmd.Flags())
 	getExtCode := extCodeParser(cmd.Flags())
-	createDirs := cmd.Flags().Bool("dirs", false, "Treat '/' in filenames as directories")
 	format := cmd.Flags().String("format", "{{.apiVersion}}.{{.kind}}-{{.metadata.name}}", "https://tanka.dev/exporting#filenames")
 	extension := cmd.Flags().String("extension", "yaml", "File extension")
 
@@ -37,8 +36,8 @@ func exportCmd() *cli.Command {
 		"lower": func(s string) string {
 			return strings.ToLower(s)
 		},
-		"replace": func(old, new string, s string) string {
-			return strings.Replace(s, old, new, -1)
+		"mkdir": func() string {
+			return string(rune(7))
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -75,10 +74,8 @@ func exportCmd() *cli.Command {
 				log.Fatalln("executing name template:", err)
 			}
 
-			name := buf.String()
-			if !*createDirs {
-				name = strings.Replace(name, "/", "-", -1)
-			}
+			name := strings.Replace(buf.String(), "/", "-", -1)
+			name = strings.Replace(name, string(rune(7)), "/", -1)
 			path := filepath.Join(to, name+"."+*extension)
 			if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0700); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("creating filepath '%s': %s", filepath.Dir(path), err)
diff --git a/docs/docs/exporting.md b/docs/docs/exporting.md
index 0dda0a537..b86e0862e 100644
--- a/docs/docs/exporting.md
+++ b/docs/docs/exporting.md
@@ -66,26 +66,13 @@ You can optionally use one of the following template functions:
   loki-distributor-deployment
   ```
   etc.
-- `replace` for replacing occurrences of a character
+- `mkdir` create new subdirectory
   ```bash
-  ... --format='{{.metadata.labels.app}}-{{.metadata.name}}-{{.kind | replace "e" "_" }}'
+  ... --format='{{.metadata.labels.app}}{{mkdir}}{{.metadata.name}}{{mkdir}}{{.kind}}'
   ```
-  would yield
-
-  ```
-  loki-distributor-d_ploym_nt
-  ```
-  etc.
-
-You can also use a different file extension by providing `--extension='yml'`, for example.
+  would create following directory structure:
+  - loki
+    - distributor
+      - deployment
 
-If you want your format to be able to create subfolders you can enable this by providing `--dirs`.
-With this format
-```bash
- ... --format='{{.metadata.labels.app}}/{{.metadata.name}}/{{.kind}}' --dirs
-```
-you would create following folder structure
-- loki
-  - distributor
-    - deployment
-etc.
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+You can also use a different file extension by providing `--extension='yml'`, for example.
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