diff --git a/hipamd/bin/roc-obj-extract b/hipamd/bin/roc-obj-extract
index 77ca7790a3..2da65245ed 100755
--- a/hipamd/bin/roc-obj-extract
+++ b/hipamd/bin/roc-obj-extract
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ my %options=();
 getopts('vho:', \%options);
 
 # this tool has been deprecated
-print("Warning: This tool has been DEPRECATED. Similar functionality is provided by llvm-objdump in the rocm-llvm package.\n");
+print(STDERR "Warning: This tool has been DEPRECATED. Similar functionality is provided by llvm-objdump in the rocm-llvm package.\n");
 
 if (defined $options{h}) {
   usage();
diff --git a/hipamd/bin/roc-obj-ls b/hipamd/bin/roc-obj-ls
index eba81d363a..0517d50942 100755
--- a/hipamd/bin/roc-obj-ls
+++ b/hipamd/bin/roc-obj-ls
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ if (defined $options{h}) {
 }
 
 # this tool has been deprecated
-print("Warning:  This tool has been DEPRECATED. Similar functionality is provided by llvm-objdump in the rocm-llvm package.\n");
+print(STDERR "Warning:  This tool has been DEPRECATED. Similar functionality is provided by llvm-objdump in the rocm-llvm package.\n");
 
 my $verbose = $options{v};
 my $debug = $options{d};