diff --git a/pkg/cmd/config/get_contexts.go b/pkg/cmd/config/get_contexts.go
index d2f7a987..dbd6f967 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/config/get_contexts.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/config/get_contexts.go
@@ -73,16 +73,7 @@ func NewCmdConfigGetContexts(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams, configAccess c
 		Long:                  getContextsLong,
 		Example:               getContextsExample,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			validOutputTypes := sets.NewString("", "json", "yaml", "wide", "name", "custom-columns", "custom-columns-file", "go-template", "go-template-file", "jsonpath", "jsonpath-file")
-			supportedOutputTypes := sets.NewString("", "name")
-			outputFormat := cmdutil.GetFlagString(cmd, "output")
-			if !validOutputTypes.Has(outputFormat) {
-				cmdutil.CheckErr(fmt.Errorf("output must be one of '' or 'name': %v", outputFormat))
-			}
-			if !supportedOutputTypes.Has(outputFormat) {
-				fmt.Fprintf(options.Out, "--output %v is not available in kubectl config get-contexts; resetting to default output format\n", outputFormat)
-				cmd.Flags().Set("output", "")
-			}
+			cmdutil.CheckErr(options.Validate(cmd))
 			cmdutil.CheckErr(options.Complete(cmd, args))
 			cmdutil.CheckErr(options.RunGetContexts())
 		},
@@ -108,6 +99,21 @@ func (o *GetContextsOptions) Complete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Validate ensures the of output format
+func (o *GetContextsOptions) Validate(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
+	validOutputTypes := sets.NewString("", "json", "yaml", "wide", "name", "custom-columns", "custom-columns-file", "go-template", "go-template-file", "jsonpath", "jsonpath-file")
+	supportedOutputTypes := sets.NewString("", "name")
+	outputFormat := cmdutil.GetFlagString(cmd, "output")
+	if !validOutputTypes.Has(outputFormat) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("output must be one of '' or 'name': %v", outputFormat)
+	}
+	if !supportedOutputTypes.Has(outputFormat) {
+		cmd.Flags().Set("output", "")
+		return fmt.Errorf("--output %v is not available in kubectl config get-contexts; resetting to default output format", outputFormat)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // RunGetContexts implements all the necessary functionality for context retrieval.
 func (o GetContextsOptions) RunGetContexts() error {
 	config, err := o.configAccess.GetStartingConfig()