diff --git a/src/useradd.c b/src/useradd.c
index 8f5b1dce..59093500 100644
--- a/src/useradd.c
+++ b/src/useradd.c
@@ -2267,14 +2267,14 @@ static void check_uid_range(int rflg, uid_t user_id)
 		uid_max = (uid_t)getdef_ulong("SYS_UID_MAX",getdef_ulong("UID_MIN",1000UL)-1);
 		if(uid_min <= uid_max){
 			if(user_id < uid_min || user_id >uid_max)
-				printf(_("warning: %s's uid %d outside of the SYS_UID_MIN %d and SYS_UID_MAX %d range.\n"),user_name, user_id, uid_min, uid_max);
+				fprintf(stderr, _("%s warning: %s's uid %d outside of the SYS_UID_MIN %d and SYS_UID_MAX %d range.\n"), Prog, user_name, user_id, uid_min, uid_max);
 		}
 	}else{
 		uid_min = (uid_t)getdef_ulong("UID_MIN", 1000UL);
 		uid_max = (uid_t)getdef_ulong("UID_MAX", 6000UL);
 		if(uid_min <= uid_max){
 			if(user_id < uid_min || user_id >uid_max)
-				printf(_("warning: %s's uid %d outside of the UID_MIN %d and UID_MAX %d range.\n"),user_name, user_id, uid_min, uid_max);
+				fprintf(stderr, _("%s warning: %s's uid %d outside of the UID_MIN %d and UID_MAX %d range.\n"), Prog, user_name, user_id, uid_min, uid_max);
 		}
 	}