diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index a1d6d481..3627e5f1 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Before submitting a pul request, I'd encourage you to test it yourself.
+Before submitting a pull request, I'd encourage you to test it yourself.
 
-To do so, you need to run the plugin indirectly or directly-
+To do so, you need to run the plugin indirectly or directly.
 
 **Indirect** Install the plugin locally and run it via helm:
 
diff --git a/cmd/upgrade.go b/cmd/upgrade.go
index 75281af4..1e4ba3f1 100644
--- a/cmd/upgrade.go
+++ b/cmd/upgrade.go
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func newChartCommand() *cobra.Command {
 				diff.threeWayMerge = enabled
 
 				if enabled {
-					fmt.Println("Enabled three way merge via the envvar")
+					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Enabled three way merge via the envvar\n")
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func newChartCommand() *cobra.Command {
 				diff.normalizeManifests = enabled
 
 				if enabled {
-					fmt.Println("Enabled normalize manifests via the envvar")
+					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Enabled normalize manifests via the envvar\n")
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -284,11 +284,11 @@ func (d *diffCmd) runHelm3() error {
 	var newInstall bool
 	if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "release: not found") {
 		if d.isAllowUnreleased() {
-			fmt.Printf("********************\n\n\tRelease was not present in Helm.  Diff will show entire contents as new.\n\n********************\n")
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "********************\n\n\tRelease was not present in Helm.  Diff will show entire contents as new.\n\n********************\n")
 			newInstall = true
 			err = nil
 		} else {
-			fmt.Printf("********************\n\n\tRelease was not present in Helm.  Include the `--allow-unreleased` to perform diff without exiting in error.\n\n********************\n")
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "********************\n\n\tRelease was not present in Helm.  Include the `--allow-unreleased` to perform diff without exiting in error.\n\n********************\n")
 			return err
 		}
 	}