diff --git a/bin/ansible b/bin/ansible
index aa6941a7c26..f236c832698 100755
--- a/bin/ansible
+++ b/bin/ansible
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class Cli(object):
             inventory_manager.subset(options.subset)
         hosts = inventory_manager.list_hosts(pattern)
         if len(hosts) == 0:
-            callbacks.display("No hosts matched")
+            callbacks.display("No hosts matched", stderr=True)
             sys.exit(0)
 
         if options.listhosts:
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class Cli(object):
             inventory_manager.subset(options.subset)
         hosts = inventory_manager.list_hosts(pattern)
         if len(hosts) == 0:
-            callbacks.display("No hosts matched")
+            callbacks.display("No hosts matched", stderr=True)
             sys.exit(0)
 
         if options.listhosts: