diff --git a/plugins/sprunge/sprunge.plugin.zsh b/plugins/sprunge/sprunge.plugin.zsh
index 6a9530ec0..de9290256 100644
--- a/plugins/sprunge/sprunge.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/sprunge/sprunge.plugin.zsh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ sprunge() {
     # Use python to attempt to detect the syntax
     for file in $@; do
       if [[ ! -f $file ]]; then
-        echo "$file isn't a file"
+        echo "$file isn't a file" >&2
         continue
       fi