diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi

index df6792d..e3a0d50 100644

--- a/doc/coreutils.texi

+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi

@@ -2838,7 +2838,7 @@ Use digits in suffixes rather than lower-case letters.

 @itemx --verbose

 @opindex --verbose

-Write a diagnostic to standard error just before each output file is opened.

+Write a diagnostic just before each output file is opened.

 @end table

@@ -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 status updates as sterilization proceeds. 

 @item -x

 @itemx --exact

diff --git a/src/install.c b/src/install.c

index db08751..6925c55 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

@@ -160,6 +160,19 @@ static struct option const long_options[] =

   {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}

 };

+/* Verbose formatted output of variable count of arguments.  */

+static void

+verbose_output (FILE *fp, char const *fmt, ...)

+{

+  va_list ap;

+  fputs (program_name, fp);

+  fputs (": ", fp);

+  va_start (ap, fmt);

+  vfprintf (fp, fmt, ap);

+  va_end (ap);

+  fputc ('\n', fp);

+}

+

 static void

 cp_option_init (struct cp_options *x)

 {

@@ -762,7 +775,7 @@ announce_mkdir (char const *dir, void *options)

 {

   struct cp_options const *x = options;

   if (x->verbose)

-    error (0, 0, _("creating directory %s"), quote (dir));

+    verbose_output (stdout,_("creating directory %s"),  quote (dir));

 }

 /* Make ancestor directory DIR, whose last file name component is

diff --git a/src/rmdir.c b/src/rmdir.c

index bb1a0c8..1f17f6a 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

@@ -72,6 +72,19 @@ static struct option const longopts[] =

   {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}

 };

+/* Verbose formatted output of variable count of arguments.  */

+static void

+verbose_output (FILE *fp, char const *fmt, ...)

+{

+  va_list ap;

+  fputs (program_name, fp);

+  fputs (": ", fp);

+  va_start (ap, fmt);

+  vfprintf (fp, fmt, ap);

+  va_end (ap);

+  fputc ('\n', fp);

+}

+

 /* Return true if ERROR_NUMBER is one of the values associated

    with a failed rmdir due to non-empty target directory.  */

 static bool

@@ -134,7 +147,7 @@ remove_parents (char *dir)

       /* Give a diagnostic for each attempted removal if --verbose.  */

       if (verbose)

-	error (0, 0, _("removing directory, %s"), quote (dir));

+	verbose_output (stdout,_("removing directory, %s"), quote (dir));

       ok = (rmdir (dir) == 0);

@@ -233,7 +246,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)

       /* Give a diagnostic for each attempted removal if --verbose.  */

       if (verbose)

-	error (0, 0, _("removing directory, %s"), dir);

+	verbose_output(stdout, _("removing directory, %s"), dir);

       if (rmdir (dir) != 0)

 	{

diff --git a/src/mkdir.c b/src/mkdir.c

index 0704077..3781065 100644

--- a/src/mkdir.c

+++ b/src/mkdir.c

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@

 /* mkdir -- make directories

-   Copyright (C) 90, 1995-2002, 2004-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

+   Copyright (C) 90, 1995-2002, 2004-2008 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

@@ -79,6 +79,19 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\

   exit (status);

 }

+/* Verbose formatted output of variable count of arguments.  */

+static void

+verbose_output (FILE *fp, char const *fmt, ...)

+{

+  va_list ap;

+  fputs (program_name, fp);

+  fputs (": ", fp);

+  va_start (ap, fmt);

+  vfprintf (fp, fmt, ap);

+  va_end (ap);

+  fputc ('\n', fp);

+}

+

 /* Options passed to subsidiary functions.  */

 struct mkdir_options

 {

@@ -105,7 +118,7 @@ announce_mkdir (char const *dir, void *options)

 {

   struct mkdir_options const *o = options;

   if (o->created_directory_format)

-    error (0, 0, o->created_directory_format, quote (dir));

+    verbose_output (stdout, o->created_directory_format, quote (dir));

 }

 /* Make ancestor directory DIR, whose last component is COMPONENT,

diff --git a/src/split.c b/src/split.c

index 5807a1c..f84d40e 100644

--- a/src/split.c

+++ b/src/split.c

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@

 /* split.c -- split a file into pieces.

-   Copyright (C) 1988, 1991, 1995-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

+   Copyright (C) 1988, 1991, 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

@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\

   -l, --lines=NUMBER      put NUMBER lines per output file\n\

 "), DEFAULT_SUFFIX_LENGTH);

       fputs (_("\

-      --verbose           print a diagnostic to standard error just\n\

-                            before each output file is opened\n\

+      --verbose           print a diagnostic just before each\n\

+                            output file is opened\n\

 "), stdout);

       fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);

       fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);

@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ cwrite (bool new_file_flag, const char *bp, size_t bytes)

       next_file_name ();

       if (verbose)

-	fprintf (stderr, _("creating file %s\n"), quote (outfile));

+	fprintf (stdout, _("creating file %s\n"), quote (outfile));

       output_desc = open (outfile,

 			  O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY,

 			  (S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP

diff --git a/tests/misc/split-a b/tests/misc/split-a

index 794115f..a8eed38 100755

--- a/tests/misc/split-a

+++ b/tests/misc/split-a

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@

 #!/bin/sh

 # Show that split -a works.

-# Copyright (C) 2002-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

+# Copyright (C) 2002-2008 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

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ test -f xaz && fail=1

 rm -f x*

 # With a longer suffix, it must succeed.

-split --verbose -b 1 -a 2 in 2> err || fail=1

+split --verbose -b 1 -a 2 in > err || fail=1

 test -f xaa || fail=1

 test -f xaz || fail=1

 test -f xba || fail=1

diff --git a/tests/mkdir/p-v b/tests/mkdir/p-v

index 2c84b41..569e9b0 100755

--- a/tests/mkdir/p-v

+++ b/tests/mkdir/p-v

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@

 #!/bin/sh

 # Test mkdir -pv.

-# Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

+# Copyright (C) 2006-2008 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

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fi

 . $srcdir/../lang-default

 . $srcdir/../test-lib.sh

-mkdir -pv foo/a/b/c/d 2>out || exit

+mkdir -pv foo/a/b/c/d >out || exit

 diff - out <<\EOF

 mkdir: created directory `foo'