diff --git a/dwm.1 b/dwm.1
index fb6e76c..b0fc8c3 100644
--- a/dwm.1
+++ b/dwm.1
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dwm draws a small border around windows to indicate the focus state.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .B \-v
-prints version information to standard output, then exits.
+prints version information to stderr, then exits.
 .SH USAGE
 .SS Status bar
 .TP