diff --git a/src/uu/chmod/src/chmod.rs b/src/uu/chmod/src/chmod.rs
index bdcafc435..874c78dea 100644
--- a/src/uu/chmod/src/chmod.rs
+++ b/src/uu/chmod/src/chmod.rs
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ impl Chmoder {
                 show_error!("{}", err);
             }
             if self.verbose {
-                show_error!(
+                println!(
                     "failed to change mode of file '{}' from {:04o} ({}) to {:04o} ({})",
                     file.display(),
                     fperm,
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ impl Chmoder {
             Err(1)
         } else {
             if self.verbose || self.changes {
-                show_error!(
+                println!(
                     "mode of '{}' changed from {:04o} ({}) to {:04o} ({})",
                     file.display(),
                     fperm,
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_chmod.rs b/tests/by-util/test_chmod.rs
index 5031105f9..f0973c712 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_chmod.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_chmod.rs
@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ fn test_chmod_recursive() {
         .arg("a")
         .arg("z")
         .succeeds()
-        .stderr_contains(&"to 0333 (-wx-wx-wx)")
-        .stderr_contains(&"to 0222 (-w--w--w-)");
+        .stdout_contains(&"to 0333 (-wx-wx-wx)")
+        .stdout_contains(&"to 0222 (-w--w--w-)");
 
     assert_eq!(at.metadata("z/y").permissions().mode(), 0o100222);
     assert_eq!(at.metadata("a/a").permissions().mode(), 0o100222);