1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/util.lua b/src/luarocks/util.lua
index 0ff36f3e..562953d9 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/util.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/util.lua
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ end
 
 --- Print a line to standard error
 function printerr(...)
-   io.stdout:write(table.concat({...},"\t"))
+   io.stderr:write(table.concat({...},"\t"))
    io.stderr:write("\n")
 end