diff --git a/docs/test_docs.sh b/docs/test_docs.sh
index f6677b9e4f..3e51ad7b5e 100755
--- a/docs/test_docs.sh
+++ b/docs/test_docs.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ bazel clean \
 && chmod 0644 *.md
 
 if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then 
-    git status
-    echo '/docs is out of date. Please run `./docs/update_docs.sh` from the root of rules_rust and push the results' >&2
+    >&2 git status
+    >&2 echo '/docs is out of date. Please run `./docs/update_docs.sh` from the root of rules_rust and push the results' >&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/test/clippy/clippy_failure_test.sh b/test/clippy/clippy_failure_test.sh
index 4f047961bf..0accd98628 100755
--- a/test/clippy/clippy_failure_test.sh
+++ b/test/clippy/clippy_failure_test.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 if [[ -z "${BUILD_WORKSPACE_DIRECTORY:-}" ]]; then
-  echo "This script should be run under Bazel"
+  >&2 echo "This script should be run under Bazel"
   exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ function check_build_result() {
   echo -n "Testing ${2}... "
   (bazel build ${@:3} //test/clippy:"${2}" &> /dev/null) || ret="$?" && true
   if [[ "${ret}" -ne "${1}" ]]; then
-    echo "FAIL: Unexpected return code [saw: ${ret}, want: ${1}] building target //test/clippy:${2}"
-    echo "  Run \"bazel build //test/clippy:${2}\" to see the output"
+    >&2 echo "FAIL: Unexpected return code [saw: ${ret}, want: ${1}] building target //test/clippy:${2}"
+    >&2 echo "  Run \"bazel build //test/clippy:${2}\" to see the output"
     exit 1
   elif [[ $# -ge 3 ]] && [[ "${@:3}" == *"capture_clippy_output"* ]]; then
     # Make sure that content was written to the output file
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ function check_build_result() {
       STATOPTS=(-c%s)
     fi
     if [[ $(stat ${STATOPTS[@]} "${NEW_WORKSPACE}/bazel-bin/test/clippy/${2%_clippy}.clippy.out") == 0 ]]; then
-      echo "FAIL: Output wasn't written to out file building target //test/clippy:${2}"
-      echo "  Output file: ${NEW_WORKSPACE}/bazel-bin/test/clippy/${2%_clippy}.clippy.out"
-      echo "  Run \"bazel build //test/clippy:${2}\" to see the output"
+      >&2 echo "FAIL: Output wasn't written to out file building target //test/clippy:${2}"
+      >&2 echo "  Output file: ${NEW_WORKSPACE}/bazel-bin/test/clippy/${2%_clippy}.clippy.out"
+      >&2 echo "  Run \"bazel build //test/clippy:${2}\" to see the output"
       exit 1
     else
       echo "OK"
diff --git a/test/current_toolchain_files/current_toolchain_files_test_runner.sh b/test/current_toolchain_files/current_toolchain_files_test_runner.sh
index 6fdb8d8a87..7ab296750b 100755
--- a/test/current_toolchain_files/current_toolchain_files_test_runner.sh
+++ b/test/current_toolchain_files/current_toolchain_files_test_runner.sh
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ if [[ "${OPTION}" == "files" ]]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
-echo "Unexpected option: ${OPTION}"
+>&2 echo "Unexpected option: ${OPTION}"
 exit 1
diff --git a/test/portable_link_flags_darwin/test.sh b/test/portable_link_flags_darwin/test.sh
index 01879b8d2f..a1f13cd4d8 100755
--- a/test/portable_link_flags_darwin/test.sh
+++ b/test/portable_link_flags_darwin/test.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 set -e
 
 if otool -L $1 | grep -q libtest; then
-    echo "error: rust_binary is dynamically linked against libtest!"
+    >&2 echo "error: rust_binary is dynamically linked against libtest!"
     exit 1
 fi
 
 if otool -L $1 | grep -q libstd; then
-    echo "error: rust_binary is dynamically linked against libstd!"
+    >&2 echo "error: rust_binary is dynamically linked against libstd!"
     exit 1
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi
diff --git a/test/rust_analyzer/rust_analyzer_test_runner.sh b/test/rust_analyzer/rust_analyzer_test_runner.sh
index ffee052673..08f9bf3b45 100755
--- a/test/rust_analyzer/rust_analyzer_test_runner.sh
+++ b/test/rust_analyzer/rust_analyzer_test_runner.sh
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 if [[ -z "${BUILD_WORKSPACE_DIRECTORY:-}" ]]; then
-    echo "This script should be run under Bazel"
+    >&2 echo "This script should be run under Bazel"
     exit 1
 fi
 
 PACKAGE_NAME="$1"
 if [[ -z "${PACKAGE_NAME:-}" ]]; then
-    echo "The first argument should be the package name of the test target"
+    >&2 echo "The first argument should be the package name of the test target"
     exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/test/rustfmt/rustfmt_failure_test.sh b/test/rustfmt/rustfmt_failure_test.sh
index 263753c110..8d97612d73 100755
--- a/test/rustfmt/rustfmt_failure_test.sh
+++ b/test/rustfmt/rustfmt_failure_test.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ function check_build_result() {
   echo -n "Testing ${2}... "
   (bazel test //test/rustfmt:"${2}") || ret="$?" && true
   if [[ "${ret}" -ne "${1}" ]]; then
-    echo "FAIL: Unexpected return code [saw: ${ret}, want: ${1}] building target //test/rustfmt:${2}"
-    echo "  Run \"bazel test //test/rustfmt:${2}\" to see the output"
+    >&2 echo "FAIL: Unexpected return code [saw: ${ret}, want: ${1}] building target //test/rustfmt:${2}"
+    >&2 echo "  Run \"bazel test //test/rustfmt:${2}\" to see the output"
     exit 1
   else
     echo "OK"