diff --git a/cmd/down.go b/cmd/down.go
index 60595ccf1a7..a957b5bc5cb 100644
--- a/cmd/down.go
+++ b/cmd/down.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ksonnet/kubecfg/pkg/kubecfg"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api"
 )
 
 var downCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ var downCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 func init() {
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(downCmd)
-	downCmd.Flags().StringP("namespace", "", api.NamespaceDefault, "Specify namespace for the KubeApps components")
 	downCmd.Flags().Int64("grace-period", -1, "Number of seconds given to resources to terminate gracefully. A negative value is ignored")
-	downCmd.Flags().String("path", "", "Specify folder contains the manifests")
+	bindFlags(downCmd)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 6b7c81fe159..72465f136e2 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 )
@@ -29,6 +30,12 @@ var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	},
 }
 
+func bindFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+	cmd.Flags().StringP("namespace", "", api.NamespaceDefault, "Specify namespace for the KubeApps components")
+	cmd.Flags().String("path", "", "Specify folder contains the manifests")
+
+}
+
 func appendObj(res *[]*unstructured.Unstructured) filepath.WalkFunc {
 	return func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/up.go b/cmd/up.go
index 9e9be2e4d75..316ff72796b 100644
--- a/cmd/up.go
+++ b/cmd/up.go
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/ksonnet/kubecfg/metadata"
 	"github.com/ksonnet/kubecfg/pkg/kubecfg"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api"
-	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ var upCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 func init() {
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(upCmd)
-	upCmd.Flags().StringP("namespace", "", api.NamespaceDefault, "Specify namespace for the KubeApps components")
 	upCmd.Flags().Bool("dry-run", false, "Provides output to be submitted to the server")
-	upCmd.Flags().String("path", "", "Specify folder contains the manifests")
+	bindFlags(upCmd)
 }