diff --git a/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki b/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki
index c18bfa1f1515a8..717ea7767df6e9 100755
--- a/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki
+++ b/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ sub mw_import {
 	foreach my $ref (@refs) {
 		mw_import_ref($ref);
 	}
-	print STDOUT "done\n";
+	print STDERR "done\n";
 }
 
 sub mw_import_ref {