diff --git a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py b/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
index 53c2d1dce0..192ad37d2b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
                 self.to_stderr(u'ERROR: ' + e.msg)
         if keep_video is False and not self.params.get('keepvideo', False):
             try:
-                self.to_stderr(u'Deleting original file %s (pass -k to keep)' % filename)
+                self.to_screen(u'Deleting original file %s (pass -k to keep)' % filename)
                 os.remove(encodeFilename(filename))
             except (IOError, OSError):
                 self.to_stderr(u'WARNING: Unable to remove downloaded video file')