diff --git a/usr.bin/cmp/cmp.1 b/usr.bin/cmp/cmp.1
index 637b1ce97b4a..005dfd2ebd60 100644
--- a/usr.bin/cmp/cmp.1
+++ b/usr.bin/cmp/cmp.1
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)cmp.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
-.\"	$Id: cmp.1,v 1.4 1997/02/22 19:54:29 peter Exp $
+.\"	$Id: cmp.1,v 1.5 1997/06/26 11:22:10 charnier Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd June 6, 1993
 .Dt CMP 1
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ In the latter case, if the
 .Fl s
 option has not been specified,
 .Nm cmp
-writes to standard output that EOF was reached in the shorter
+writes to standard error that EOF was reached in the shorter
 file (before any differences were found).
 .It >1
 An error occurred.