diff --git a/build/tools/git-make-release b/build/tools/git-make-release
index 78f5448996..f0e7c7dcb1 100755
--- a/build/tools/git-make-release
+++ b/build/tools/git-make-release
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 version=$1
 if [ -z "$version" ]; then
-    echo "Must specify the distribution version." >2
+    echo "Must specify the distribution version." >&2
     exit 1
 fi