diff --git a/cmd/helm/root.go b/cmd/helm/root.go
index ef92fea92..7da57c6aa 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/root.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/root.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func newRootCmd(actionConfig *action.Configuration, out io.Writer, args []string
 	registryClient, err := registry.NewClient(
 		registry.ClientOptDebug(settings.Debug),
 		registry.ClientOptEnableCache(true),
-		registry.ClientOptWriter(out),
+		registry.ClientOptWriter(os.Stderr),
 		registry.ClientOptCredentialsFile(settings.RegistryConfig),
 	)
 	if err != nil {