diff --git a/cmd/crd.go b/cmd/crd.go
index 1d0abb7..9e7a425 100644
--- a/cmd/crd.go
+++ b/cmd/crd.go
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ func runGenerate(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	}
 
 	var w io.WriteCloser
+	defer func() {
+		if err := w.Close(); err != nil {
+			_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to close output file: %s", err.Error())
+		}
+	}()
 
 	if crdArgs.format == FormatHTML {
 		if crdArgs.stdOut {
@@ -87,12 +92,6 @@ func runGenerate(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to create output file: %w", err)
 			}
-
-			defer func() {
-				if err := w.Close(); err != nil {
-					_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to close output file: %s", err.Error())
-				}
-			}()
 		}
 
 		return pkg.RenderContent(w, crds, crdArgs.comments, crdArgs.minimal)
diff --git a/pkg/create_html_output.go b/pkg/create_html_output.go
index 34bbd66..d72de1a 100644
--- a/pkg/create_html_output.go
+++ b/pkg/create_html_output.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package pkg
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"embed"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
 	"io"
@@ -65,12 +64,6 @@ func LoadTemplates() error {
 
 // RenderContent creates an HTML website from the CRD content.
 func RenderContent(w io.WriteCloser, crds []*SchemaType, comments, minimal bool) (err error) {
-	defer func() {
-		if cerr := w.Close(); cerr != nil {
-			err = errors.Join(err, cerr)
-		}
-	}()
-
 	allViews := make([]ViewPage, 0, len(crds))
 
 	for _, crd := range crds {
diff --git a/pkg/generate.go b/pkg/generate.go
index 06b0890..92f812a 100644
--- a/pkg/generate.go
+++ b/pkg/generate.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package pkg
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"regexp"
@@ -19,12 +18,6 @@ var RootRequiredFields = []string{"apiVersion", "kind", "spec", "metadata"}
 
 // Generate takes a CRD content and path, and outputs.
 func Generate(crd *SchemaType, w io.WriteCloser, enableComments, minimal, skipRandom bool) (err error) {
-	defer func() {
-		if cerr := w.Close(); cerr != nil {
-			err = errors.Join(err, cerr)
-		}
-	}()
-
 	parser := NewParser(crd.Group, crd.Kind, enableComments, minimal, skipRandom)
 	for i, version := range crd.Versions {
 		if err := parser.ParseProperties(version.Name, w, version.Schema.Properties); err != nil {