diff --git a/blockchainetl/jobs/exporters/kafka_exporter.py b/blockchainetl/jobs/exporters/kafka_exporter.py
index ac75e242b..6afa00dae 100644
--- a/blockchainetl/jobs/exporters/kafka_exporter.py
+++ b/blockchainetl/jobs/exporters/kafka_exporter.py
@@ -13,14 +13,21 @@ def __init__(self, output, item_type_to_topic_mapping, converters=()):
         self.item_type_to_topic_mapping = item_type_to_topic_mapping
         self.converter = CompositeItemConverter(converters)
         self.connection_url = self.get_connection_url(output)
-        print(self.connection_url)
+        self.topic_prefix = self.get_topic_prefix(output)
+        print(self.connection_url, self.topic_prefix)
         self.producer = KafkaProducer(bootstrap_servers=self.connection_url)
 
     def get_connection_url(self, output):
         try:
             return output.split('/')[1]
-        except KeyError:
-            raise Exception('Invalid kafka output param, It should be in format of "kafka/127.0.0.1:9092"')
+        except IndexError:
+            raise Exception('Invalid kafka output param, It should be in format of "kafka/127.0.0.1:9092" or "kafka/127.0.0.1:9092/<topic-prefix>"')
+
+    def get_topic_prefix(self, output):
+        try:
+            return output.split('/')[2] + "."
+        except IndexError:
+            return ''
 
     def open(self):
         pass
@@ -34,7 +41,7 @@ def export_item(self, item):
         if item_type is not None and item_type in self.item_type_to_topic_mapping:
             data = json.dumps(item).encode('utf-8')
             print(data)
-            return self.producer.send(self.item_type_to_topic_mapping[item_type], value=data)
+            return self.producer.send(self.topic_prefix + self.item_type_to_topic_mapping[item_type], value=data)
         else:
             logging.warning('Topic for item type "{}" is not configured.'.format(item_type))
 
@@ -45,7 +52,6 @@ def convert_items(self, items):
     def close(self):
         pass
 
-
 def group_by_item_type(items):
     result = collections.defaultdict(list)
     for item in items:
diff --git a/docs/commands.md b/docs/commands.md
index 2be620cda..e8b1124d7 100644
--- a/docs/commands.md
+++ b/docs/commands.md
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ e.g. `-e block,transaction,log,token_transfer,trace,contract,token`.
     - For Postgres: `--output=postgresql+pg8000://<user>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<database_name>`, 
     e.g. `--output=postgresql+pg8000://postgres:admin@127.0.0.1:5432/ethereum`.
     - For GCS:  `--output=gs://<bucket_name>`. Make sure to install and initialize `gcloud` cli.
-    - For Kafka:  `--output=kafka/<host>:<port>`, e.g. `--output=kafka/127.0.0.1:9092`
+    - For Kafka:  `--output=kafka/<host>:<port>/<optional: topic_prefix>`, e.g. `--output=kafka/127.0.0.1:9092` or `--output=kafka/127.0.0.1:9092/crypto_ethereum`.
     - Those output types can be combined with a comma e.g. `--output=gs://<bucket_name>,projects/<your-project>/topics/crypto_ethereum`
     
     The [schema](https://github.com/blockchain-etl/ethereum-etl-postgres/tree/master/schema)