diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e89abc6a5..b71ea6428 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Request is designed to be the simplest way possible to make http calls. It suppo
 ```js
 const request = require('request');
 request('http://www.google.com', function (error, response, body) {
-  console.log('error:', error); // Print the error if one occurred
+  console.error('error:', error); // Print the error if one occurred
   console.log('statusCode:', response && response.statusCode); // Print the response status code if a response was received
   console.log('body:', body); // Print the HTML for the Google homepage.
 });
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ To easily handle errors when streaming requests, listen to the `error` event bef
 request
   .get('http://mysite.com/doodle.png')
   .on('error', function(err) {
-    console.log(err)
+    console.error(err)
   })
   .pipe(fs.createWriteStream('doodle.png'))
 ```