diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 371779eb2..b3c789f6f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ serve-docs:
 
 .PHONY: build-api-docs
 build-api-docs:
-	go run main.go docs api  api/v1/*.go --output-file docs/api.md
+	go run main.go docs  api/v1/*.go --output-file docs/api.md
 
 .PHONY: build-docs
 build-docs:
diff --git a/cmd/docs.go b/cmd/docs.go
index 95dadf2eb..c050c6692 100644
--- a/cmd/docs.go
+++ b/cmd/docs.go
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-var APIDocs = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "api",
-	Short: "Generate docs ",
-	Args:  cobra.MinimumNArgs(0),
+var Docs = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:    "docs",
+	Short:  "Generate docs ",
+	Hidden: true,
+	Args:   cobra.MinimumNArgs(0),
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		printAPIDocs(args)
 	},
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ var APIDocs = &cobra.Command{
 var out string
 
 func init() {
-	APIDocs.Flags().StringVar(&out, "output-file", "API.md", "")
+	Docs.Flags().StringVar(&out, "output-file", "docs/API.md", "")
 }
 
 var (
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 08bb7bf0b..ad4556ada 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/flanksource/canary-checker/pkg/runner"
 	"github.com/flanksource/commons/logger"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra/doc"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
@@ -43,24 +42,6 @@ func init() {
 	logger.BindFlags(Root.PersistentFlags())
 
 	Root.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&exposeEnv, "expose-env", false, "Expose environment variables for use in all templates. Note this has serious security implications with untrusted canaries")
-	docs := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "docs",
-		Short: "generate documentation",
-	}
-
-	docs.AddCommand(&cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "cli [PATH]",
-		Short: "generate CLI documentation",
-		Args:  cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
-		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			err := doc.GenMarkdownTree(Root, args[0])
-			if err != nil {
-				logger.Fatalf("error creating docs", err)
-			}
-		},
-	})
-
-	Root.AddCommand(APIDocs)
-	Root.AddCommand(docs)
+	Root.AddCommand(Docs)
 	Root.AddCommand(Run, Serve, Operator)
 }