# HG changeset patch
# Parent 0a47d0cd92e29731059972f5985cc7d073754adb
diff --git a/Doc/library/http.server.rst b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
--- a/Doc/library/http.server.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
@@ -182,24 +182,24 @@ of which this module provides three diff
    .. method:: log_request(code='-', size='-')
 
       Logs an accepted (successful) request. *code* should specify the numeric
       HTTP code associated with the response. If a size of the response is
       available, then it should be passed as the *size* parameter.
 
    .. method:: log_error(...)
 
-      Logs an error when a request cannot be fulfilled. By default, it passes
-      the message to :meth:`log_message`, so it takes the same arguments
-      (*format* and additional values).
+      Logs an error message to ``sys.stderr`` when a request cannot be
+      fulfilled. By default, it passes the message to :meth:`log_message`,
+      so it takes the same arguments (*format* and additional values).
 
 
    .. method:: log_message(format, ...)
 
-      Logs an arbitrary message to ``sys.stderr``. This is typically overridden
+      Logs an arbitrary message to ``sys.stdout``. This is typically overridden
       to create custom error logging mechanisms. The *format* argument is a
       standard printf-style format string, where the additional arguments to
       :meth:`log_message` are applied as inputs to the formatting. The client
       address and current date and time are prefixed to every message logged.
 
    .. method:: version_string()
 
       Returns the server software's version string. This is a combination of the
diff --git a/Lib/http/server.py b/Lib/http/server.py
--- a/Lib/http/server.py
+++ b/Lib/http/server.py
@@ -445,17 +445,20 @@ class BaseHTTPRequestHandler(socketserve
         default it passes the message on to log_message().
 
         Arguments are the same as for log_message().
 
         XXX This should go to the separate error log.
 
         """
 
-        self.log_message(format, *args)
+        sys.stderr.write("%s - - [%s] %s\n" %
+                         (self.address_string(),
+                          self.log_date_time_string(),
+                          format%args))
 
     def log_message(self, format, *args):
         """Log an arbitrary message.
 
         This is used by all other logging functions.  Override
         it if you have specific logging wishes.
 
         The first argument, FORMAT, is a format string for the
@@ -464,17 +467,17 @@ class BaseHTTPRequestHandler(socketserve
         specified as subsequent arguments (it's just like
         printf!).
 
         The client host and current date/time are prefixed to
         every message.
 
         """
 
-        sys.stderr.write("%s - - [%s] %s\n" %
+        sys.stdout.write("%s - - [%s] %s\n" %
                          (self.address_string(),
                           self.log_date_time_string(),
                           format%args))
 
     def version_string(self):
         """Return the server software version string."""
         return self.server_version + ' ' + self.sys_version