diff --git a/modulegen/_template/docs_example.md.tmpl b/modulegen/_template/example.md.tmpl
similarity index 93%
rename from modulegen/_template/docs_example.md.tmpl
rename to modulegen/_template/example.md.tmpl
index 0d774dfa21..c25ae1fe03 100644
--- a/modulegen/_template/docs_example.md.tmpl
+++ b/modulegen/_template/example.md.tmpl
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ go get github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/{{ ParentDir }}/{{ $lower }}
 
 ## Usage example
 
-{{ codeinclude "<!--codeinclude-->" }}
+<!--codeinclude-->
 [Creating a {{ $title }} container](../../{{ ParentDir }}/{{ $lower }}/{{ $lower }}.go)
-{{ codeinclude "<!--/codeinclude-->" }}
+<!--/codeinclude-->
 
-{{ codeinclude "<!--codeinclude-->" }}
+<!--codeinclude-->
 [Test for a {{ $title }} container](../../{{ ParentDir }}/{{ $lower }}/{{ $lower }}_test.go)
-{{ codeinclude "<!--/codeinclude-->" }}
+<!--/codeinclude-->
 
 ## Module reference
 
diff --git a/modulegen/internal/mkdocs/template.go b/modulegen/internal/mkdocs/template.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb83f239ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modulegen/internal/mkdocs/template.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package mkdocs
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"text/template"
+
+	internal_template "github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/modulegen/internal/template"
+)
+
+func GenerateMdFile(filePath string, funcMap template.FuncMap, example any) error {
+	name := "example.md.tmpl"
+	t, err := template.New(name).Funcs(funcMap).ParseFiles(filepath.Join("_template", name))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return internal_template.Generate(t, filePath, name, example)
+}
diff --git a/modulegen/main.go b/modulegen/main.go
index a31c281603..63a9536367 100644
--- a/modulegen/main.go
+++ b/modulegen/main.go
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"html/template"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/modulegen/internal/tools"
 )
@@ -18,8 +16,6 @@ var (
 	imageVar     string
 )
 
-var templates = []string{"docs_example.md"}
-
 func init() {
 	flag.StringVar(&nameVar, "name", "", "Name of the example. Only alphabetical characters are allowed.")
 	flag.StringVar(&nameTitleVar, "title", "", "(Optional) Title of the example name, used to override the name in the case of mixed casing (Mongodb -> MongoDB). Use camel-case when needed. Only alphabetical characters are allowed.")
@@ -41,14 +37,12 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	currentDir, err := filepath.Abs(filepath.Dir("."))
+	ctx, err := getRootContext()
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf(">> could not get the root dir: %v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	ctx := NewContext(filepath.Dir(currentDir))
-
 	example := Example{
 		Image:     imageVar,
 		IsModule:  asModuleVar,
@@ -83,70 +77,8 @@ func generate(example Example, ctx *Context) error {
 	if err := example.Validate(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
-	outputDir := filepath.Join(ctx.RootDir, example.ParentDir())
-	docsOuputDir := filepath.Join(ctx.DocsDir(), example.ParentDir())
-
-	funcMap := template.FuncMap{
-		"Entrypoint":    func() string { return example.Entrypoint() },
-		"ContainerName": func() string { return example.ContainerName() },
-		"ExampleType":   func() string { return example.Type() },
-		"ParentDir":     func() string { return example.ParentDir() },
-		"ToLower":       func() string { return example.Lower() },
-		"Title":         func() string { return example.Title() },
-		"codeinclude":   func(s string) template.HTML { return template.HTML(s) }, // escape HTML comments for codeinclude
-	}
-
-	exampleLower := example.Lower()
-
-	// create the example dir
-	err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(outputDir, exampleLower), 0o700)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	for _, tmpl := range templates {
-		name := tmpl + ".tmpl"
-		t, err := template.New(name).Funcs(funcMap).ParseFiles(filepath.Join("_template", name))
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		// initialize the data using the example struct, which is the default data to be used while
-		// doing the interpolation of the data and the template
-		var data any
-
-		syncDataFn := func() any {
-			return example
-		}
-
-		// create a new file
-		var exampleFilePath string
-
-		if strings.EqualFold(tmpl, "docs_example.md") {
-			// docs example file will go into the docs directory
-			exampleFilePath = filepath.Join(docsOuputDir, exampleLower+".md")
-		} else {
-			exampleFilePath = filepath.Join(outputDir, exampleLower, strings.ReplaceAll(tmpl, "example", exampleLower))
-		}
-
-		err = os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(exampleFilePath), 0o777)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		exampleFile, _ := os.Create(exampleFilePath)
-		defer exampleFile.Close()
-
-		data = syncDataFn()
-
-		err = t.ExecuteTemplate(exampleFile, name, data)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
 	// creates Makefile for example
-	err = generateMakefile(ctx, example)
+	err := generateMakefile(ctx, example)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/modulegen/mkdocs.go b/modulegen/mkdocs.go
index f96e983b0c..cc94a8b626 100644
--- a/modulegen/mkdocs.go
+++ b/modulegen/mkdocs.go
@@ -1,11 +1,26 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"text/template"
+
 	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/modulegen/internal/mkdocs"
 )
 
 // update examples in mkdocs
 func generateMkdocs(ctx *Context, example Example) error {
+	exampleMdFile := filepath.Join(ctx.DocsDir(), example.ParentDir(), example.Lower()+".md")
+	funcMap := template.FuncMap{
+		"Entrypoint":    func() string { return example.Entrypoint() },
+		"ContainerName": func() string { return example.ContainerName() },
+		"ParentDir":     func() string { return example.ParentDir() },
+		"ToLower":       func() string { return example.Lower() },
+		"Title":         func() string { return example.Title() },
+	}
+	err := mkdocs.GenerateMdFile(exampleMdFile, funcMap, example)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	exampleMd := example.ParentDir() + "/" + example.Lower() + ".md"
 	indexMd := example.ParentDir() + "/index.md"
 	return mkdocs.UpdateConfig(ctx.MkdocsConfigFile(), example.IsModule, exampleMd, indexMd)