diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 22bab8a7b0..21b6ff5361 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10/go.mod h1:+Ywpsq7O8HXn0nuIou7OrIPyXbp3wmkHB+jjWR
 github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e/go.mod h1:nSuG5e5PlCu98SY8svDHJxuZscDgtXS6KTTbou5AhLI=
 github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1/go.mod h1:Q3SI9o4m/ZMnBNeIyt5eFwwo7qiLfzFZmjNmxjkiQlU=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
-github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go v2.1.0+incompatible h1:yGxEnL2S6fy9Q4lMCrVAAwR9/fPWunBoTp1iCxTnGXE=
 github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2 v2.1.0 h1:bmgrU8k+K2ppZ+G/q5xEQx/Xk9HRtJmkrEO3qtDO2k0=
 github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:3CTrpB4+u7Iaj6fd7E2Xvm5IxMdRoaAhqaRVnOr2rCU=
 github.com/cloudfoundry-attic/jibber_jabber v0.0.0-20151120183258-bcc4c8345a21 h1:Yg2hDs4b13Evkpj42FU2idX2cVXVFqQSheXYKM86Qsk=
@@ -1099,6 +1098,7 @@ github.com/urfave/cli v1.20.0 h1:fDqGv3UG/4jbVl/QkFwEdddtEDjh/5Ov6X+0B/3bPaw=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.20.0/go.mod h1:70zkFmudgCuE/ngEzBv17Jvp/497gISqfk5gWijbERA=
 github.com/urfave/negroni v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Meg73S6kFm/4PpbYdq35yYWoCZ9mS/YSx+lKnmiohz4=
 github.com/uudashr/gocognit v1.0.1/go.mod h1:j44Ayx2KW4+oB6SWMv8KsmHzZrOInQav7D3cQMJ5JUM=
+github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6KllzawFIhcdPw=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
 github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.2.0/go.mod h1:4vX61m6KN+xDduDNwXrhIAVZaZaZiQ1luJk8LWSxF3s=
 github.com/valyala/quicktemplate v1.1.1/go.mod h1:EH+4AkTd43SvgIbQHYu59/cJyxDoOVRUAfrukLPuGJ4=
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/out/register/cloud_events.go b/pkg/minikube/out/register/cloud_events.go
index edef563efa..5fe4d6ab63 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/out/register/cloud_events.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/out/register/cloud_events.go
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ func printAsCloudEvent(log Log, data map[string]string) {
 	event.SetSource("https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/")
 	event.SetType(log.Type())
 	event.SetSpecVersion(specVersion)
-	event.SetData(cloudevents.ApplicationJSON, data)
+	if err := event.SetData(cloudevents.ApplicationJSON, data); err != nil {
+		glog.Warningf("error setting data: %v", err)
+	}
 	event.SetID(guuid.New().String())
 	json, err := event.MarshalJSON()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md b/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
index 980a82e261..ee77f90701 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ minikube start [flags]
       --nfs-shares-root string            Where to root the NFS Shares, defaults to /nfsshares (hyperkit driver only) (default "/nfsshares")
       --no-vtx-check                      Disable checking for the availability of hardware virtualization before the vm is started (virtualbox driver only)
   -n, --nodes int                         The number of nodes to spin up. Defaults to 1. (default 1)
+      --output string                     Format to print stdout in. Options include: [json]
       --preload                           If set, download tarball of preloaded images if available to improve start time. Defaults to true. (default true)
       --registry-mirror strings           Registry mirrors to pass to the Docker daemon
       --service-cluster-ip-range string   The CIDR to be used for service cluster IPs. (default "10.96.0.0/12")