diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
--- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
@@ -1797,7 +1797,7 @@
 .. method:: ArgumentParser.error(message)
 
    This method prints a usage message including the *message* to the
-   standard output and terminates the program with a status code of 2.
+   standard error and terminates the program with a status code of 2.
 
 .. _upgrading-optparse-code: