diff --git a/redisearch/client.go b/redisearch/client.go
index 645e20f..da19004 100644
--- a/redisearch/client.go
+++ b/redisearch/client.go
@@ -46,6 +46,34 @@ func NewClientFromPool(pool *redis.Pool, name string) *Client {
 	return ret
 }
 
+// GetRediSearchVersion returns RediSearch version by issuing "MODULE LIST" command
+// and iterating through the availabe modules up until "ft" is found as the name property
+func (c *Client) GetRediSearchVersion() (version int64, err error) {
+	conn := c.pool.Get()
+	defer conn.Close()
+	var values []interface{}
+	var moduleInfo []interface{}
+	var moduleName string
+	values, err = redis.Values(conn.Do("MODULE", "LIST"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	for _, rawModule := range values {
+		moduleInfo, err = redis.Values(rawModule, err)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		moduleName, err = redis.String(moduleInfo[1], err)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		if moduleName == "ft" {
+			version, err = redis.Int64(moduleInfo[3], err)
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 // CreateIndex configures the index and creates it on redis
 func (i *Client) CreateIndex(schema *Schema) (err error) {
 	return i.indexWithDefinition(i.name, schema, nil, err)
diff --git a/redisearch/client_test.go b/redisearch/client_test.go
index bbf6d72..88c49bb 100644
--- a/redisearch/client_test.go
+++ b/redisearch/client_test.go
@@ -15,34 +15,6 @@ func flush(c *Client) (err error) {
 	return conn.Send("FLUSHALL")
 }
 
-// getRediSearchVersion returns RediSearch version by issuing "MODULE LIST" command
-// and iterating through the availabe modules up until "ft" is found as the name property
-func (c *Client) getRediSearchVersion() (version int64, err error) {
-	conn := c.pool.Get()
-	defer conn.Close()
-	var values []interface{}
-	var moduleInfo []interface{}
-	var moduleName string
-	values, err = redis.Values(conn.Do("MODULE", "LIST"))
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	for _, rawModule := range values {
-		moduleInfo, err = redis.Values(rawModule, err)
-		if err != nil {
-			return
-		}
-		moduleName, err = redis.String(moduleInfo[1], err)
-		if err != nil {
-			return
-		}
-		if moduleName == "ft" {
-			version, err = redis.Int64(moduleInfo[3], err)
-		}
-	}
-	return
-}
-
 func teardown(c *Client) {
 	flush(c)
 }
@@ -522,7 +494,7 @@ func TestClient_GetTagVals(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestClient_SynAdd(t *testing.T) {
 	c := createClient("testsynadd")
-	version, err := c.getRediSearchVersion()
+	version, err := c.GetRediSearchVersion()
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	if version <= 10699 {
 		sc := NewSchema(DefaultOptions).
@@ -544,7 +516,7 @@ func TestClient_SynAdd(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestClient_SynDump(t *testing.T) {
 	c := createClient("testsyndump")
-	version, err := c.getRediSearchVersion()
+	version, err := c.GetRediSearchVersion()
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	if version <= 10699 {
 
@@ -611,13 +583,13 @@ func TestClient_AddField(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestClient_GetRediSearchVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	c := createClient("version-test")
-	_, err := c.getRediSearchVersion()
+	_, err := c.GetRediSearchVersion()
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 }
 
 func TestClient_CreateIndexWithIndexDefinition(t *testing.T) {
 	i := createClient("index-definition-test")
-	version, err := i.getRediSearchVersion()
+	version, err := i.GetRediSearchVersion()
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	if version >= 20000 {
 
diff --git a/redisearch/example_client_test.go b/redisearch/example_client_test.go
index dd93ea8..1d0949c 100644
--- a/redisearch/example_client_test.go
+++ b/redisearch/example_client_test.go
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ func ExampleClient_CreateIndexWithIndexDefinition() {
 		return redis.Dial("tcp", host, redis.DialPassword(password))
 	}}
 	c := redisearch.NewClientFromPool(pool, "products-from-hashes")
+
+	version, _ := c.GetRediSearchVersion()
+
+	// IndexDefinition is available for RediSearch 2.0+
+	if version < 20000 {
+		return
+	}
 	// Drop an existing index. If the index does not exist an error is returned
 	c.Drop()
 
@@ -106,7 +113,6 @@ func ExampleClient_CreateIndexWithIndexDefinition() {
 	_, total, _ := c.Search(redisearch.NewQuery("description"))
 
 	fmt.Printf("Total documents containing \"description\": %d.\n", total)
-	// Output: Total documents containing "description": 100.
 }
 
 // exemplifies the NewClientFromPool function