diff --git a/increment_and_push.sh b/increment_and_push.sh
index 6a16e559..e7be6dbc 100755
--- a/increment_and_push.sh
+++ b/increment_and_push.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ compute_next_version() {
 
     if [[ -z "$latest_tag" ]]; then
         latest_tag="v0.0.0"
-        print_warning "No existing semantic tags found. Starting from $latest_tag"
+        print_warning "No existing semantic tags found. Starting from $latest_tag" >&2
     fi
 
     local version="${latest_tag#v}"