diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index 430307b298..42c40f2bfd 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static void clone_local(const char *src_repo, const char *dest_repo)
 	}
 
 	if (0 <= option_verbosity)
-		printf(_("done.\n"));
+		fprintf(stderr, _("done.\n"));
 }
 
 static const char *junk_work_tree;
@@ -552,12 +552,12 @@ static void update_remote_refs(const struct ref *refs,
 
 	if (check_connectivity) {
 		if (0 <= option_verbosity)
-			printf(_("Checking connectivity... "));
+			fprintf(stderr, _("Checking connectivity... "));
 		if (check_everything_connected_with_transport(iterate_ref_map,
 							      0, &rm, transport))
 			die(_("remote did not send all necessary objects"));
 		if (0 <= option_verbosity)
-			printf(_("done\n"));
+			fprintf(stderr, _("done\n"));
 	}
 
 	if (refs) {
@@ -850,9 +850,9 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (0 <= option_verbosity) {
 		if (option_bare)
-			printf(_("Cloning into bare repository '%s'...\n"), dir);
+			fprintf(stderr, _("Cloning into bare repository '%s'...\n"), dir);
 		else
-			printf(_("Cloning into '%s'...\n"), dir);
+			fprintf(stderr, _("Cloning into '%s'...\n"), dir);
 	}
 	init_db(option_template, INIT_DB_QUIET);
 	write_config(&option_config);
diff --git a/t/t5601-clone.sh b/t/t5601-clone.sh
index 0629149edd..b3b11e61c0 100755
--- a/t/t5601-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t5601-clone.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ test_expect_success 'clone with excess parameters (2)' '
 
 test_expect_success C_LOCALE_OUTPUT 'output from clone' '
 	rm -fr dst &&
-	git clone -n "file://$(pwd)/src" dst >output &&
+	git clone -n "file://$(pwd)/src" dst >output 2>&1 &&
 	test $(grep Clon output | wc -l) = 1
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t5702-clone-options.sh b/t/t5702-clone-options.sh
index 85cadfad6d..d3dbdfe069 100755
--- a/t/t5702-clone-options.sh
+++ b/t/t5702-clone-options.sh
@@ -19,17 +19,18 @@ test_expect_success 'clone -o' '
 
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'redirected clone' '
+test_expect_success 'redirected clone does not show progress' '
 
 	git clone "file://$(pwd)/parent" clone-redirected >out 2>err &&
-	test_must_be_empty err
+	! grep % err
 
 '
-test_expect_success 'redirected clone -v' '
+
+test_expect_success 'redirected clone -v does show progress' '
 
 	git clone --progress "file://$(pwd)/parent" clone-redirected-progress \
 		>out 2>err &&
-	test -s err
+	grep % err
 
 '