diff --git a/subcmds/cherry_pick.py b/subcmds/cherry_pick.py
index 0cefec1..01b97e0 100644
--- a/subcmds/cherry_pick.py
+++ b/subcmds/cherry_pick.py
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@
     else:
       print('NOTE: When committing (please see above) and editing the commit'
             'message, please remove the old Change-Id-line and add:')
-      print(self._GetReference(sha1), file=stderr)
-      print(file=stderr)
+      print(self._GetReference(sha1), file=sys.stderr)
+      print(file=sys.stderr)
 
   def _IsChangeId(self, line):
     return CHANGE_ID_RE.match(line)