diff --git a/bin/heat-db-setup b/bin/heat-db-setup
index 76d859e310..b0e39ac747 100755
--- a/bin/heat-db-setup
+++ b/bin/heat-db-setup
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ then
 				exit 0
 				;;
 			*)
-				echo "Invalid response."
+				echo "Invalid response." >&2
 				exit 1
 		esac
 	fi
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ then
 				exit 0
 				;;
 			*)
-				echo "Invalid response."
+				echo "Invalid response." >&2
 				exit 1
 		esac
 	fi
@@ -208,14 +208,14 @@ then
 			if [ "${MYSQL_ROOT_PW}" = "${PW2}" ] ; then
 				PW_MATCH=1
 			else
-				echo "Passwords did not match."
+				echo "Passwords did not match." >&2
 			fi
 		done
 	fi
 
 	echo "UPDATE mysql.user SET password = password('${MYSQL_ROOT_PW}') WHERE user = 'root'; DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE user = ''; flush privileges;" | mysql -u root
 	if ! [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
-		echo "Failed to set password for 'root' MySQL user."
+		echo "Failed to set password for 'root' MySQL user." >&2
 		exit 1
 	fi
 elif [ ! "${MYSQL_ROOT_PW+defined}" ] ; then
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ fi
 echo "SELECT 1;" | mysql -u root ${MYSQL_ROOT_PW_ARG} > /dev/null
 if ! [ $? -eq 0 ]
 then
-	echo "Failed to connect to the MySQL server.  Please check your root user credentials."
+	echo "Failed to connect to the MySQL server.  Please check your root user credentials." >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 echo "Verified connectivity to MySQL."
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ rm $log_conf
 echo "SELECT * FROM migrate_version;" | mysql -u heat --password=${MYSQL_HEAT_PW} heat > /dev/null
 if ! [ $? -eq 0 ]
 then
-	echo "Final sanity check failed."
+	echo "Final sanity check failed." >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/heat-keystone-setup b/bin/heat-keystone-setup
index f74ae7df4d..2ded3b24ad 100755
--- a/bin/heat-keystone-setup
+++ b/bin/heat-keystone-setup
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ get_user() {
 
     if [ -n "$user_id" ]; then
         echo "Found existing $username user" >&2
-        echo $user_id
+        echo $user_id >&2
     else
         echo "Creating $username user..." >&2
         get_id openstack user create $username \
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ keystone_setup() {
     fi
 
     if [[ "$SERVICE_HOST" == "localhost" ]]; then
-        echo "Warning: Endpoints will be registered as localhost, but this usually won't work."
-        echo "Set SERVICE_HOST to a publicly accessible hostname/IP instead."
+        echo "Warning: Endpoints will be registered as localhost, but this usually won't work." >&2
+        echo "Set SERVICE_HOST to a publicly accessible hostname/IP instead." >&2
     fi
 
     echo ADMIN_ROLE $ADMIN_ROLE
diff --git a/devstack/upgrade/upgrade.sh b/devstack/upgrade/upgrade.sh
index a699c6cd5a..87ea43abe3 100755
--- a/devstack/upgrade/upgrade.sh
+++ b/devstack/upgrade/upgrade.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ cleanup() {
     set +o errexit
 
     echo "*********************************************************************"
-    echo "ERROR: Abort $0"
+    echo "ERROR: Abort $0" >&2
     echo "*********************************************************************"
 
     # Kill ourselves to signal any calling process
diff --git a/uninstall.sh b/uninstall.sh
index e9e09f1c85..bce10951cc 100755
--- a/uninstall.sh
+++ b/uninstall.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 if [ $EUID -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "This script must be run as root."
+    echo "This script must be run as root." >&2
     exit
 fi
 
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ if [ $have_pip -eq 1 ]; then
 fi
 
 echo "pip-python not found. install package (probably python-pip) or run
-'easy_install pip', then rerun $0";
+'easy_install pip', then rerun $0" >&2;