diff --git a/tasks/yard.rake b/tasks/yard.rake
index d513be771..ad5ece076 100644
--- a/tasks/yard.rake
+++ b/tasks/yard.rake
@@ -1,59 +1,59 @@
 begin
   require 'yard'
 
   namespace :doc do
     desc "Clean up generated documentation"
     task :clean do
       rm_rf "doc"
     end
 
     desc "Generate public documentation pages for the API"
     YARD::Rake::YardocTask.new(:api) do |t|
       t.files = ['lib/**/*.rb']
       t.options = %w{
         --protected
         --private
         --verbose
         --markup markdown
         --readme README.md
         --tag status
         --transitive-tag status
         --tag comment
         --hide-tag comment
         --tag dsl:"DSL"
         --no-transitive-tag api
         --template-path yardoc/templates
         --files README_DEVELOPER.md,CO*.md,api/**/*.md
         --api public
         --api private
         --hide-void-return
       }
     end
 
     desc "Generate documentation pages for all of the code"
     YARD::Rake::YardocTask.new(:all) do |t|
       t.files = ['lib/**/*.rb']
       t.options = %w{
         --verbose
         --markup markdown
         --readme README.md
         --tag status
         --transitive-tag status
         --tag comment
         --hide-tag comment
         --tag dsl:"DSL"
         --no-transitive-tag api
         --template-path yardoc/templates
         --files README_DEVELOPER.md,CO*.md,api/**/*.md
         --api public
         --api private
         --no-api
         --hide-void-return
       }
     end
   end
 rescue LoadError => e
   if verbose
-    puts "Document generation not available without yard. #{e.message}"
+    STDERR.puts "Document generation not available without yard. #{e.message}"
   end
 end