diff --git a/examples/alertmanager-config-template-external.jsonnet b/examples/alertmanager-config-template-external.jsonnet
index 73b3ee4fd7cf521522b76aea16cd7a0a4decc4f5..cac8599c57137c02914f1b79e75a36a443d50ddf 100644
--- a/examples/alertmanager-config-template-external.jsonnet
+++ b/examples/alertmanager-config-template-external.jsonnet
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ local kp =
       common+: {
         namespace: 'monitoring',
       },
+      alertmanager+: {
+        config: importstr 'alertmanager-config.yaml',
+      },
     },
     alertmanager+:: {
       alertmanager+: {
@@ -26,9 +29,9 @@ local kp =
     },
     configmap+:: {
       'alert-templates': configmap(
-        'alertmanager-alert-template.tmpl',
+        'alert-templates',
         $.values.common.namespace,  // could be $._config.namespace to assign namespace once
-        { data: importstr 'alertmanager-alert-template.tmpl' },
+        { 'alertmanager-alert-template.tmpl': importstr 'alertmanager-alert-template.tmpl' },
       ),
     },
   };
diff --git a/examples/alertmanager-config-with-template.yaml b/examples/alertmanager-config-with-template.yaml
index b574b6661b9256c405c5c1ba69573d718f9e7558..383332b5d15768524fed5a6ed3fc90aecb8f8af6 100644
--- a/examples/alertmanager-config-with-template.yaml
+++ b/examples/alertmanager-config-with-template.yaml
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ slack_configs:
     text: '{{ template "slack.text" . }}
 
 templates:
-- '/etc/alertmanager/configmaps/alertmanager-alert-template.tmpl'
+- '/etc/alertmanager/configmaps/alert-templates/*.tmpl'