diff -r b44749cee660 Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py	Tue Jul 09 19:16:32 2013 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py	Tue Jul 09 18:19:08 2013 -0500
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
     def test_version(self):
         version = ('Python %d.%d' % sys.version_info[:2]).encode("ascii")
         rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-V')
-        self.assertTrue(err.startswith(version))
+        self.assertFalse(err.startswith(version))
+        self.assertTrue(out.startswith(version))
 
     def test_verbose(self):
         # -v causes imports to write to stderr.  If the write to
diff -r b44749cee660 Modules/main.c
--- a/Modules/main.c	Tue Jul 09 19:16:32 2013 +0200
+++ b/Modules/main.c	Tue Jul 09 18:19:08 2013 -0500
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
         return usage(0, argv[0]);
 
     if (version) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Python %s\n", PY_VERSION);
+        printf("Python %s\n", PY_VERSION);
         return 0;
     }