diff --git a/istioctl/cmd/dashboard_test.go b/istioctl/cmd/dashboard_test.go
index 3efccd429a68..99996084bea3 100644
--- a/istioctl/cmd/dashboard_test.go
+++ b/istioctl/cmd/dashboard_test.go
@@ -28,59 +28,64 @@ func TestDashboard(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cases := []testCase{
 		{ // case 0
-			args:           strings.Split("experimental dashboard", " "),
+			args:           strings.Split("dashboard", " "),
 			expectedRegexp: regexp.MustCompile("Access to Istio web UIs"),
 		},
 		{ // case 1
-			args:           strings.Split("experimental dashboard invalid", " "),
+			args:           strings.Split("dashboard invalid", " "),
 			expectedRegexp: regexp.MustCompile(`unknown dashboard "invalid"`),
 			wantException:  true,
 		},
 		{ // case 2
-			args:           strings.Split("experimental dashboard controlz", " "),
+			args:           strings.Split("dashboard controlz", " "),
 			expectedRegexp: regexp.MustCompile(".*Error: specify a pod"),
 			wantException:  true,
 		},
 		{ // case 3
-			args:           strings.Split("experimental dashboard controlz pod-123456-7890", " "),
+			args:           strings.Split("dashboard controlz pod-123456-7890", " "),
 			expectedRegexp: regexp.MustCompile(".*mock k8s does not forward"),
 			wantException:  true,
 		},
 		{ // case 4
-			args:           strings.Split("experimental dashboard envoy", " "),
+			args:           strings.Split("dashboard envoy", " "),
 			expectedRegexp: regexp.MustCompile(".*Error: specify a pod"),
 			wantException:  true,
 		},
 		{ // case 5
-			args:           strings.Split("experimental dashboard envoy pod-123456-7890", " "),
+			args:           strings.Split("dashboard envoy pod-123456-7890", " "),
 			expectedRegexp: regexp.MustCompile(".*mock k8s does not forward"),
 			wantException:  true,
 		},
 		{ // case 6
-			args:           strings.Split("experimental dashboard grafana", " "),
+			args:           strings.Split("dashboard grafana", " "),
 			expectedOutput: "Error: no Grafana pods found\n",
 			wantException:  true,
 		},
 		{ // case 7
-			args:           strings.Split("experimental dashboard jaeger", " "),
+			args:           strings.Split("dashboard jaeger", " "),
 			expectedOutput: "Error: no Jaeger pods found\n",
 			wantException:  true,
 		},
 		{ // case 8
-			args:           strings.Split("experimental dashboard kiali", " "),
+			args:           strings.Split("dashboard kiali", " "),
 			expectedOutput: "Error: no Kiali pods found\n",
 			wantException:  true,
 		},
 		{ // case 9
-			args:           strings.Split("experimental dashboard prometheus", " "),
+			args:           strings.Split("dashboard prometheus", " "),
 			expectedOutput: "Error: no Prometheus pods found\n",
 			wantException:  true,
 		},
 		{ // case 10
-			args:           strings.Split("experimental dashboard zipkin", " "),
+			args:           strings.Split("dashboard zipkin", " "),
 			expectedOutput: "Error: no Zipkin pods found\n",
 			wantException:  true,
 		},
+		{ // case 11
+			args:           strings.Split("experimental dashboard", " "),
+			expectedOutput: "Error: (dashboard has graduated.  Use `istioctl dashboard`)\n",
+			wantException:  true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for i, c := range cases {
diff --git a/istioctl/cmd/metrics_test.go b/istioctl/cmd/metrics_test.go
index e18531686c6e..65ce3bb17255 100644
--- a/istioctl/cmd/metrics_test.go
+++ b/istioctl/cmd/metrics_test.go
@@ -48,15 +48,20 @@ func TestMetricsNoPrometheus(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cases := []testCase{
 		{ // case 0
-			args:           strings.Split("experimental metrics", " "),
+			args:           strings.Split("metrics", " "),
 			expectedRegexp: regexp.MustCompile("Error: metrics requires workload name\n"),
 			wantException:  true,
 		},
 		{ // case 1
-			args:           strings.Split("experimental metrics details", " "),
+			args:           strings.Split("metrics details", " "),
 			expectedOutput: "Error: no Prometheus pods found\n",
 			wantException:  true,
 		},
+		{ // case 2
+			args:           strings.Split("experimental metrics details", " "),
+			expectedOutput: "Error: (metrics has graduated.  Use `istioctl metrics`)\n",
+			wantException:  true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for i, c := range cases {
diff --git a/istioctl/cmd/root.go b/istioctl/cmd/root.go
index d7bc15b72650..49f3f1051a69 100644
--- a/istioctl/cmd/root.go
+++ b/istioctl/cmd/root.go
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra/doc"
 
@@ -103,13 +106,17 @@ debug and diagnose their Istio mesh.
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(experimentalCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(proxyConfig())
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(statusCmd)
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(convertIngress())
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(dashboard())
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(metricsCmd)
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(install.NewVerifyCommand())
 	experimentalCmd.AddCommand(Auth())
-	experimentalCmd.AddCommand(convertIngress())
-	experimentalCmd.AddCommand(dashboard())
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(seeExperimentalCmd("auth"))
+	experimentalCmd.AddCommand(graduatedCmd("convert-ingress"))
+	experimentalCmd.AddCommand(graduatedCmd("dashboard"))
 	experimentalCmd.AddCommand(uninjectCommand())
-	experimentalCmd.AddCommand(metricsCmd)
+	experimentalCmd.AddCommand(graduatedCmd("metrics"))
 	experimentalCmd.AddCommand(describe())
 	experimentalCmd.AddCommand(addToMeshCmd())
 	experimentalCmd.AddCommand(removeFromMeshCmd())
@@ -183,3 +190,27 @@ func getDefaultNamespace(kubeconfig string) string {
 	}
 	return context.Namespace
 }
+
+// graduatedCmd is used for commands that have graduated
+func graduatedCmd(name string) *cobra.Command {
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf("(%s has graduated.  Use `istioctl %s`)", name, name)
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   name,
+		Short: msg,
+		RunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
+			return errors.New(msg)
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// seeExperimentalCmd is used for commands that have been around for a release but not graduated
+func seeExperimentalCmd(name string) *cobra.Command {
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf("(%s is experimental.  Use `istioctl experimental %s`)", name, name)
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   name,
+		Short: msg,
+		RunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
+			return errors.New(msg)
+		},
+	}
+}