diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 9002c0ffd1b301f2745660cb468583f57a184104..524c5693bed5c9a77a27fd0c95cb4bca6e3279b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
             --path="./deploy/overlays/dev" \
             --prune=true \
             --interval=5m \
-            --validate=client \
+            --validation=client \
             --health-check="Deployment/frontend.dev" \
             --health-check="Deployment/backend.dev" \
             --health-check-timeout=3m
diff --git a/cmd/tk/create_kustomization.go b/cmd/tk/create_kustomization.go
index 512dc14ce9593309184ade465705f143d7629962..13ce334e16727d68368bd8b6526185a5ccc360b7 100644
--- a/cmd/tk/create_kustomization.go
+++ b/cmd/tk/create_kustomization.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ var createKsCmd = &cobra.Command{
     --path="./examples/contour/" \
     --prune=true \
     --interval=10m \
-    --validate=client \
+    --validation=client \
     --health-check="Deployment/contour.projectcontour" \
     --health-check="DaemonSet/envoy.projectcontour" \
     --health-check-timeout=3m
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ var createKsCmd = &cobra.Command{
     --path="./deploy/overlays/dev" \
     --prune=true \
     --interval=5m \
-    --validate=client
+    --validation=client
 
   # Create a Kustomization resource that runs under a service account
   create kustomization webapp \
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ var createKsCmd = &cobra.Command{
     --path="./deploy/overlays/staging" \
     --prune=true \
     --interval=5m \
-    --validate=client \
+    --validation=client \
     --sa-name=reconclier \
     --sa-namespace=staging
 `,
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ var (
 	ksPath          string
 	ksPrune         bool
 	ksDependsOn     []string
-	ksValidate      string
+	ksValidation    string
 	ksHealthCheck   []string
 	ksHealthTimeout time.Duration
 	ksSAName        string
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func init() {
 	createKsCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&ksPrune, "prune", false, "enable garbage collection")
 	createKsCmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&ksHealthCheck, "health-check", nil, "workload to be included in the health assessment, in the format '<kind>/<name>.<namespace>'")
 	createKsCmd.Flags().DurationVar(&ksHealthTimeout, "health-check-timeout", 2*time.Minute, "timeout of health checking operations")
-	createKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&ksValidate, "validate", "", "validate the manifests before applying them on the cluster, can be 'client' or 'server'")
+	createKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&ksValidation, "validation", "", "validate the manifests before applying them on the cluster, can be 'client' or 'server'")
 	createKsCmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&ksDependsOn, "depends-on", nil, "Kustomization that must be ready before this Kustomization can be applied")
 	createKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&ksSAName, "sa-name", "", "service account name")
 	createKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&ksSANamespace, "sa-namespace", "", "service account namespace")
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func createKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 				Name: ksSource,
 			},
 			Suspend:    false,
-			Validation: ksValidate,
+			Validation: ksValidation,
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/tk/main.go b/cmd/tk/main.go
index 4b01667fd2e31f20cd313fdb8751fec588ea6933..aaaa64a0822572d9020013ea0048112e2c643043 100644
--- a/cmd/tk/main.go
+++ b/cmd/tk/main.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
     --path="./deploy/webapp/" \
     --prune=true \
     --interval=5m \
-    --validate=client \
+    --validation=client \
     --health-check="Deployment/backend.webapp" \
     --health-check="Deployment/frontend.webapp" \
     --health-check-timeout=2m
diff --git a/docs/cmd/tk.md b/docs/cmd/tk.md
index 447d55afdc59061f290e746f3dea7eb8bc74646e..b4dee787ab74feda8dd1b07abf94ca1ac7d38c3b 100644
--- a/docs/cmd/tk.md
+++ b/docs/cmd/tk.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Command line utility for assembling Kubernetes CD pipelines the GitOps way.
     --path="./deploy/webapp/" \
     --prune=true \
     --interval=5m \
-    --validate=client \
+    --validation=client \
     --health-check="Deployment/backend.webapp" \
     --health-check="Deployment/frontend.webapp" \
     --health-check-timeout=2m
diff --git a/docs/cmd/tk_create_kustomization.md b/docs/cmd/tk_create_kustomization.md
index bdb32f9575eb26fee4703de5adb7189ec7472d08..18464d4621ac5c3369434afbe5e4ec39db551be7 100644
--- a/docs/cmd/tk_create_kustomization.md
+++ b/docs/cmd/tk_create_kustomization.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ tk create kustomization [name] [flags]
     --path="./examples/contour/" \
     --prune=true \
     --interval=10m \
-    --validate=client \
+    --validation=client \
     --health-check="Deployment/contour.projectcontour" \
     --health-check="DaemonSet/envoy.projectcontour" \
     --health-check-timeout=3m
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ tk create kustomization [name] [flags]
     --path="./deploy/overlays/dev" \
     --prune=true \
     --interval=5m \
-    --validate=client
+    --validation=client
 
   # Create a Kustomization resource that runs under a service account
   create kustomization webapp \
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ tk create kustomization [name] [flags]
     --path="./deploy/overlays/staging" \
     --prune=true \
     --interval=5m \
-    --validate=client \
+    --validation=client \
     --sa-name=reconclier \
     --sa-namespace=staging
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ tk create kustomization [name] [flags]
       --sa-name string                  service account name
       --sa-namespace string             service account namespace
       --source string                   GitRepository name
-      --validate string                 validate the manifests before applying them on the cluster, can be 'client' or 'server'
+      --validation string               validate the manifests before applying them on the cluster, can be 'client' or 'server'
 ```
 
 ### Options inherited from parent commands
diff --git a/docs/get-started/index.md b/docs/get-started/index.md
index 8156058036a6d293700e51484f1e8bf62ca1df94..06a7edea653b8bd803a66e480096d54bb0799c26 100644
--- a/docs/get-started/index.md
+++ b/docs/get-started/index.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-You will need two Kubernetes clusters version 1.14 or newer and kubectl version 1.18.
+You will need two Kubernetes clusters version 1.16 or newer and kubectl version 1.18.
 For a quick local test, you can use [Kubernetes kind](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/quick-start/).
 Any other Kubernetes setup will work as well though.
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ $ tk check --pre
 
 ► checking prerequisites
 ✔ kubectl 1.18.3 >=1.18.0
-✔ kubernetes 1.18.2 >=1.14.0
+✔ kubernetes 1.18.2 >=1.16.0
 ✔ prerequisites checks passed
 ```
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ tk create kustomization webapp-common \
   --source=webapp \
   --path="./deploy/webapp/common" \
   --prune=true \
-  --validate=client \
+  --validation=client \
   --interval=1h \
   --export > ./staging-cluster/webapp-common.yaml
 ```
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ tk create kustomization webapp-backend \
   --source=webapp \
   --path="./deploy/webapp/backend" \
   --prune=true \
-  --validate=client \
+  --validation=client \
   --interval=10m \
   --health-check="Deployment/backend.webapp" \
   --health-check-timeout=2m \
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ tk create kustomization webapp-frontend \
   --source=webapp \
   --path="./deploy/webapp/frontend" \
   --prune=true \
-  --validate=client \
+  --validation=client \
   --interval=10m \
   --health-check="Deployment/frontend.webapp" \
   --health-check-timeout=2m \
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ tk create kustomization webapp \
   --source=webapp \
   --path="./deploy/overlays/production" \
   --prune=true \
-  --validate=client \
+  --validation=client \
   --interval=10m \
   --health-check="Deployment/frontend.production" \
   --health-check="Deployment/backend.production" \