diff --git a/tools/modelsim/commands.do b/tools/modelsim/commands.do
index f33854891923406e5d7a11de359a5a00f6d519ea..1141f2e4aa66e4d7ff0fe3eb95099ae341a486e4 100644
--- a/tools/modelsim/commands.do
+++ b/tools/modelsim/commands.do
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ proc mk args {
     foreach cmd $arg_cmd {
         foreach lib $arg_lib {
             if { [ catch { eval ["mk_$cmd" $lib] } msg ] } {
-                puts stderr $msg
+                echo $msg
             }
         }
     }