diff --git a/ChangeLog-2008 b/ChangeLog-2008
index aac9feb..5975e20 100644
--- a/ChangeLog-2008
+++ b/ChangeLog-2008
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2008-03-03  Ondrej Vasik  <address@hidden>
+
+	rmdir, install: write --verbose output to stdout, not stderr.
+	* src/rmdir.c (main): write to stdout, not stderr
+	* src/rmdir.c (remove_parents): write to stdout, not stderr
+	* src/install.c (announce_mkdir): write to stdout, not stderr	
+	* doc/coreutils.texi: mention that shred verbose output is
+	  to stderr
+	* NEWS: Mention that change.
+
 2008-02-07  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>
 
 	We *do* need two different version files.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b549513..1c9510f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 ** Consistency
 
-  mkdir and split now write --verbose output to stdout, not stderr.
+  mkdir, split, install and rmdir now write --verbose output to stdout, 
+  not stderr.
 
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release 6.10 (2008-01-22) [stable]
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index df6792d..e3a0d50 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -8190,7 +8190,7 @@ If a file has multiple links, only the named links will be removed.
 @itemx --verbose
 @opindex -v
 @opindex --verbose
-Display status updates as sterilization proceeds.
+Display to standard error all status updates as sterilization proceeds. 
 
 @item -x
 @itemx --exact
diff --git a/src/install.c b/src/install.c
index db08751..b594a53 100644
--- a/src/install.c
+++ b/src/install.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* install - copy files and set attributes
-   Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ announce_mkdir (char const *dir, void *options)
 {
   struct cp_options const *x = options;
   if (x->verbose)
-    error (0, 0, _("creating directory %s"), quote (dir));
+    printf (_("%s: creating directory %s\n"), program_name,  quote (dir));
 }
 
 /* Make ancestor directory DIR, whose last file name component is
diff --git a/src/rmdir.c b/src/rmdir.c
index bb1a0c8..abbf87f 100644
--- a/src/rmdir.c
+++ b/src/rmdir.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* rmdir -- remove directories
 
-   Copyright (C) 90, 91, 1995-2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software
+   Copyright (C) 90, 91, 1995-2002, 2004-2008 Free Software
    Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ remove_parents (char *dir)
 
       /* Give a diagnostic for each attempted removal if --verbose.  */
       if (verbose)
-	error (0, 0, _("removing directory, %s"), quote (dir));
+	printf(_("%s: removing directory, %s\n"), program_name, quote (dir));
 
       ok = (rmdir (dir) == 0);
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
       /* Give a diagnostic for each attempted removal if --verbose.  */
       if (verbose)
-	error (0, 0, _("removing directory, %s"), dir);
+	printf(_("%s: removing directory, %s\n"), program_name, dir);
 
       if (rmdir (dir) != 0)
 	{