diff --git a/platform/linux/do_debian_package.sh b/platform/linux/do_debian_package.sh
index 4c6cde517..7ecce024e 100755
--- a/platform/linux/do_debian_package.sh
+++ b/platform/linux/do_debian_package.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ END_HEREDOC
 
 
 if [ -z "${1}" ]; then
-    echo "${0}: can't find KOReader archive, please specify a path to a KOReader tar.gz"
+    echo "${0}: can't find KOReader archive, please specify a path to a KOReader tar.gz" 1>&2
     exit 1
 else
     mkdir -p tmp-debian/usr