diff --git a/Plugins/OpenAPIGeneratorCommand/plugin.swift b/Plugins/OpenAPIGeneratorCommand/plugin.swift
index 1a2edef02..fc1c4dea6 100644
--- a/Plugins/OpenAPIGeneratorCommand/plugin.swift
+++ b/Plugins/OpenAPIGeneratorCommand/plugin.swift
@@ -82,10 +82,11 @@ extension SwiftOpenAPIGeneratorPlugin: CommandPlugin {
                 hadASuccessfulRun = true
             } catch let error as PluginError {
                 if error.isMisconfigurationError {
-                    print("- OpenAPI code generation failed with error.")
+                    print("- Stopping because target isn't configured for OpenAPI code generation.")
                     throw error
                 } else {
-                    print("- Stopping because target isn't configured for OpenAPI code generation.")
+                    print("- OpenAPI code generation failed with error.")
+                    throw error
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/Sources/swift-openapi-generator/GenerateOptions+runGenerator.swift b/Sources/swift-openapi-generator/GenerateOptions+runGenerator.swift
index ab868c056..632dc1e6d 100644
--- a/Sources/swift-openapi-generator/GenerateOptions+runGenerator.swift
+++ b/Sources/swift-openapi-generator/GenerateOptions+runGenerator.swift
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ extension _GenerateOptions {
         }
         let (diagnostics, finalizeDiagnostics) = preparedDiagnosticsCollector(outputPath: diagnosticsOutputPath)
         let doc = self.docPath
-        print(
+        FileHandle.standardError.write(
             """
             Swift OpenAPI Generator is running with the following configuration:
             - OpenAPI document path: \(doc.path)