return err
		}
		return nil
	}
	versionCmd.Example = `  # Retrieve version information directly from the control plane, using token security
  # (This is the usual way to get the control plane version with an out-of-cluster control plane.)
  istioctl x version --xds-address istio.cloudprovider.example.com:15012

  # Retrieve version information via Kubernetes config, using token security

	v, err := extractKubernetesVersion(versionInfo)
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}
	return MinK8SVersion <= v, nil
}

// extractKubernetesVersion returns the Kubernetes minor version. For example, `v1.19.1` will return `19`
func extractKubernetesVersion(versionInfo *version.Info) (int, error) {
	ver, err := goversion.NewVersion(versionInfo.String())
	if err != nil {
		return 0, fmt.Errorf("could not parse %v", err)
	}