diff --git a/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/applet/Main.java b/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/applet/Main.java
index 086b1113614..6c28c8f9d11 100644
--- a/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/applet/Main.java
+++ b/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/applet/Main.java
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ public class Main {
     private int run(String [] args) {
         // DECODE ARGS
         try {
-            System.out.println(lookup("deprecated"));
+            System.err.println(lookup("deprecated"));
+            System.err.flush();
             if (args.length == 0) {
                 usage();
                 return 0;
diff --git a/jdk/test/sun/applet/DeprecatedAppletViewer/DeprecatedAppletViewer.java b/jdk/test/sun/applet/DeprecatedAppletViewer/DeprecatedAppletViewer.java
index f3b43f83eee..3c491011794 100644
--- a/jdk/test/sun/applet/DeprecatedAppletViewer/DeprecatedAppletViewer.java
+++ b/jdk/test/sun/applet/DeprecatedAppletViewer/DeprecatedAppletViewer.java
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ public final class DeprecatedAppletViewer {
     private static final String TEXT = "AppletViewer is deprecated.";
 
     public static void main(final String[] args) {
-        final PrintStream old = System.out;
+        final PrintStream old = System.err;
         final ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(1000);
         final PrintStream ps = new PrintStream(baos);
         try {
-            System.setOut(ps);
+            System.setErr(ps);
             sun.applet.Main.main(new String[]{});
         } finally {
-            System.setOut(old);
+            System.setErr(old);
         }
 
         final String text = new String(baos.toByteArray());