diff --git a/docs/reference/template/steps.md b/docs/reference/template/steps.md
index fda90ca..e005447 100644
--- a/docs/reference/template/steps.md
+++ b/docs/reference/template/steps.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ steps:
       regex_extract: ".*"                 # optional [str]
 
       # replace output text using regex patterns
-      regex_replace:          # optional [list(tuple(str,str))] - regex pattern, replace
+      regex_replace:          # optional [tuple(str,str) | list(tuple(str,str))] - regex pattern, replace
         - ["(?i)(\"password\"\s*:\s*\")[^\"]+(\")", "\\1*****\\2"]  # (ex. for json passwords sanitization)
 ```
 
diff --git a/prich/models/text_filter_model.py b/prich/models/text_filter_model.py
index b38aba8..66a0b36 100644
--- a/prich/models/text_filter_model.py
+++ b/prich/models/text_filter_model.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class TextFilterModel(BaseModel):
     slice_start: Optional[int] = None
     slice_end: Optional[int] = None
     regex_extract: Optional[str] = None
-    regex_replace: Optional[List[Tuple[str, str]]] = None  # [(pattern, replacement), ...]
+    regex_replace: Optional[List[Tuple[str, str]] | Tuple[str, str]] = None  # (pattern, replacement) or [(pattern, replacement), ...]
 
     def apply(self, text: str) -> str:
         out = text
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ def apply(self, text: str) -> str:
             out = m.group(1) if (m and m.groups()) else (m.group(0) if m else "")
 
         if self.regex_replace:
+            if isinstance(self.regex_replace, tuple):
+                self.regex_replace = [self.regex_replace]
             for pattern, repl in self.regex_replace:
                 out = re.sub(pattern, repl, out)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_run_template.py b/tests/test_run_template.py
index 24f3ec0..9464519 100644
--- a/tests/test_run_template.py
+++ b/tests/test_run_template.py
@@ -801,6 +801,27 @@
         },
         "expected_output": ["• Preprocess python", "{\"password\": \"*****\"}"]
      },
+    {"id": "run_cmd_and_sanitize_output_single_regex_replace", "template":
+        # TemplateModel(
+        {
+            "id": "test-tpl",
+            "name": "Test TPL",
+            "steps": [
+                PythonStep(
+                    name="Preprocess python",
+                    type="python",
+                    call="echo.py",
+                    args=["{\"password\": \"secret\"}"],
+                    filter=TextFilterModel(
+                        regex_replace=("(?i)(\"password\"\\s*:\\s*\")[^\"]+(\")", r"\1*****\2")
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ],
+            "folder": "."
+        # ),
+        },
+        "expected_output": ["• Preprocess python", "{\"password\": \"*****\"}"]
+     },
     {"id": "run_cmd_and_sanitize_output_verbose", "template":
         # TemplateModel(
         {