diff --git a/cmd/podman/create.go b/cmd/podman/create.go
index 5e2ea39691..3d811b58b3 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/create.go
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ func imageData(c *cli.Context, runtime *libpod.Runtime, image string) (string, s
 		// Pull the image
 		var writer io.Writer
 		if !c.Bool("quiet") {
-			writer = os.Stdout
+			writer = os.Stderr
 		}
 		createImage.Pull(writer)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/load.go b/cmd/podman/load.go
index ee8a797560..d3a15a2aea 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/load.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/load.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func loadCmd(c *cli.Context) error {
 
 	var writer io.Writer
 	if !c.Bool("quiet") {
-		writer = os.Stdout
+		writer = os.Stderr
 	}
 
 	options := libpod.CopyOptions{
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pull.go b/cmd/podman/pull.go
index 886f82dd52..5dc9ef2d4f 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pull.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pull.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/containers/image/types"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/projectatomic/libpod/libpod"
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ func pullCmd(c *cli.Context) error {
 
 	var writer io.Writer
 	if !c.Bool("quiet") {
-		writer = os.Stdout
+		writer = os.Stderr
 	}
 
 	options := libpod.CopyOptions{
diff --git a/cmd/podman/push.go b/cmd/podman/push.go
index 2f0d73ffa4..e16b91611f 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/push.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/push.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func pushCmd(c *cli.Context) error {
 
 	var writer io.Writer
 	if !c.Bool("quiet") {
-		writer = os.Stdout
+		writer = os.Stderr
 	}
 
 	var manifestType string
diff --git a/cmd/podman/save.go b/cmd/podman/save.go
index 9ba1cc829f..5ceb456f4d 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/save.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/save.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func saveCmd(c *cli.Context) error {
 
 	var writer io.Writer
 	if !c.Bool("quiet") {
-		writer = os.Stdout
+		writer = os.Stderr
 	}
 
 	output := c.String("output")