diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/other-installation-methods/air-gap/launch-kubernetes/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/other-installation-methods/air-gap/launch-kubernetes/_index.md
index 5f1e867eb7b..1158e8ae38b 100644
--- a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/other-installation-methods/air-gap/launch-kubernetes/_index.md
+++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/other-installation-methods/air-gap/launch-kubernetes/_index.md
@@ -67,7 +67,12 @@ For more information on private registries configuration file for K3s, refer to
 
 ### 3. Install K3s
 
+Rancher needs to be installed on a supported Kubernetes version. To find out which versions of Kubernetes are supported for your Rancher version, refer to the [support maintenance terms.](https://rancher.com/support-maintenance-terms/)
+
+To specify the K3s version, use the INSTALL_K3S_VERSION environment variable when running the K3s installation script.
+
 Obtain the K3s binary from the [releases](https://github.com/rancher/k3s/releases) page, matching the same version used to get the airgap images tar.
+
 Also obtain the K3s install script at https://get.k3s.io
 
 Place the binary in `/usr/local/bin` on each node.
diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/requirements/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/requirements/_index.md
index f6eb895acab..c70a20aa7de 100644
--- a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/requirements/_index.md
+++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/requirements/_index.md
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Rancher should work with any modern Linux distribution.
 
 Docker is required for nodes that will run K3s or RKE Kubernetes clusters. It is not required for RancherD installs.
 
+Rancher needs to be installed on a supported Kubernetes version. To find out which versions of Kubernetes are supported for your Rancher version, refer to the [support maintenance terms.](https://rancher.com/support-maintenance-terms/)
+
 For details on which OS and Docker versions were tested with each Rancher version, refer to the [support maintenance terms.](https://rancher.com/support-maintenance-terms/)
 
 All supported operating systems are 64-bit x86.
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ For the container runtime, RKE should work with any modern Docker version.
 
 For the container runtime, K3s should work with any modern version of Docker or containerd.
 
-Rancher needs to be installed on a supported Kubernetes version. To find out which versions of Kubernetes are supported for your Rancher version, refer to the [support maintenance terms.](https://rancher.com/support-maintenance-terms/) To specify the K3s version, use the INSTALL_K3S_VERSION environment variable when running the K3s installation script.
+Rancher needs to be installed on a supported Kubernetes version. To find out which versions of Kubernetes are supported for your Rancher version, refer to the [support maintenance terms.](https://rancher.com/support-maintenance-terms/) To specify the K3s version, use the INSTALL_K3S_VERSION environment variable when running the K3s installation script. 
 
 If you are installing Rancher on a K3s cluster with **Raspbian Buster**, follow [these steps]({{<baseurl>}}/k3s/latest/en/advanced/#enabling-legacy-iptables-on-raspbian-buster) to switch to legacy iptables.