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@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Supported Components
     -   [coredns](https://github.com/coredns/coredns) v1.2.2
     -   [ingress-nginx](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx) v0.19.0
 
-Note: kubernetes doesn't support newer docker versions. Among other things kubelet currently breaks on docker's non-standard version numbering (it no longer uses semantic versioning). To ensure auto-updates don't break your cluster look into e.g. yum versionlock plugin or apt pin).
+Note: kubernetes doesn't support newer docker versions ("Version 17.03 is recommended... Versions 17.06+ might work, but have not yet been tested and verified by the Kubernetes node team" cf. [Bootstrapping Clusters with kubeadm](https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/independent/install-kubeadm/#installing-docker)). Among other things kubelet currently breaks on docker's non-standard version numbering (it no longer uses semantic versioning). To ensure auto-updates don't break your cluster look into e.g. yum versionlock plugin or apt pin). 
 
 Note 2: rkt support as docker alternative is limited to control plane (etcd and
 kubelet). Docker is still used for Kubernetes cluster workloads and network