diff --git a/misc-scripts/meta_coord/update_meta_coord.pl b/misc-scripts/meta_coord/update_meta_coord.pl
index d5ec2d738e7b9545d066d20289675a551d465043..6e8a13be23f8c1a9be17ac695e2d3966590e92cd 100755
--- a/misc-scripts/meta_coord/update_meta_coord.pl
+++ b/misc-scripts/meta_coord/update_meta_coord.pl
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ for my $dbname (@dbnames) {
     next;
   }
   else {
-    print STDERR "Original meta_coord table backed up in " .
-      "$dbname.meta_coord.backup\n";
+    print( "Original meta_coord table backed up in \n" .
+           "\t$dbname.meta_coord.backup\n" );
   }
 
   foreach my $table_name (@table_names) {