src/cmd/go/internal/get/vcs.go | 4 ++--

diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/get/vcs.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/get/vcs.go
index a7a2ba32cc33cbe0baebb7152cbe78a646abf8ae..ce34d5aca944b36b4fb84e5c81b25297fd4c4f5b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/get/vcs.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/get/vcs.go
@@ -424,8 +424,8 @@ 	cmd := exec.Command(v.cmd, args...)
 	cmd.Dir = dir
 	cmd.Env = base.EnvForDir(cmd.Dir, os.Environ())
 	if cfg.BuildX {
-		fmt.Printf("cd %s\n", dir)
-		fmt.Printf("%s %s\n", v.cmd, strings.Join(args, " "))
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "cd %s\n", dir)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s %s\n", v.cmd, strings.Join(args, " "))
 	}
 	out, err := cmd.Output()
 	if err != nil {