diff --git a/man1/time.1 b/man1/time.1
index 0df22fa05..fc908489a 100644
--- a/man1/time.1
+++ b/man1/time.1
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ When
 .I command
 finishes,
 .B time
-writes a message to standard output giving timing statistics
+writes a message to standard error giving timing statistics
 about this program run.
 These statistics consist of (i) the elapsed real time
 between invocation and termination, (ii) the user CPU time