diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 17701ed4c..1ca2526f5 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@ func exitIfError(err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		switch e := err.(type) {
 		case *wrappers.AstError:
-			fmt.Println(e.Err)
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, e.Err)
 			os.Exit(e.Code)
 		default:
-			fmt.Println(e)
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, e)
 			os.Exit(failureExitCode)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/commands/root.go b/internal/commands/root.go
index 1613c5fbd..02feca78a 100644
--- a/internal/commands/root.go
+++ b/internal/commands/root.go
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ func NewAstCLI(
 	)
 
 	rootCmd.SilenceUsage = true
+	// Avoid Cobra printing the error in addition to our own handling in main
+	rootCmd.SilenceErrors = true
 	return rootCmd
 }