diff --git a/cli/command/stack/remove.go b/cli/command/stack/remove.go
index 157f71ea123b..d595b6c3ecd5 100644
--- a/cli/command/stack/remove.go
+++ b/cli/command/stack/remove.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func removeServices(
 	var hasError bool
 	sort.Slice(services, sortServiceByName(services))
 	for _, service := range services {
-		fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Err(), "Removing service %s\n", service.Spec.Name)
+		fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "Removing service %s\n", service.Spec.Name)
 		if err := dockerCli.Client().ServiceRemove(ctx, service.ID); err != nil {
 			hasError = true
 			fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Err(), "Failed to remove service %s: %s", service.ID, err)
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func removeNetworks(
 ) bool {
 	var hasError bool
 	for _, network := range networks {
-		fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Err(), "Removing network %s\n", network.Name)
+		fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "Removing network %s\n", network.Name)
 		if err := dockerCli.Client().NetworkRemove(ctx, network.ID); err != nil {
 			hasError = true
 			fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Err(), "Failed to remove network %s: %s", network.ID, err)
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func removeSecrets(
 ) bool {
 	var hasError bool
 	for _, secret := range secrets {
-		fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Err(), "Removing secret %s\n", secret.Spec.Name)
+		fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "Removing secret %s\n", secret.Spec.Name)
 		if err := dockerCli.Client().SecretRemove(ctx, secret.ID); err != nil {
 			hasError = true
 			fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Err(), "Failed to remove secret %s: %s", secret.ID, err)
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func removeConfigs(
 ) bool {
 	var hasError bool
 	for _, config := range configs {
-		fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Err(), "Removing config %s\n", config.Spec.Name)
+		fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "Removing config %s\n", config.Spec.Name)
 		if err := dockerCli.Client().ConfigRemove(ctx, config.ID); err != nil {
 			hasError = true
 			fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Err(), "Failed to remove config %s: %s", config.ID, err)
diff --git a/cli/command/stack/remove_test.go b/cli/command/stack/remove_test.go
index c44977c0c6c9..0ce5cdacfc09 100644
--- a/cli/command/stack/remove_test.go
+++ b/cli/command/stack/remove_test.go
@@ -101,7 +101,13 @@ func TestRemoveStackSkipEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd.SetArgs([]string{"foo", "bar"})
 
 	assert.NoError(t, cmd.Execute())
-	assert.Equal(t, "", fakeCli.OutBuffer().String())
+	expectedList := []string{"Removing service bar_service1",
+		"Removing service bar_service2",
+		"Removing secret bar_secret1",
+		"Removing config bar_config1",
+		"Removing network bar_network1\n",
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, strings.Join(expectedList, "\n"), fakeCli.OutBuffer().String())
 	assert.Contains(t, fakeCli.ErrBuffer().String(), "Nothing found in stack: foo\n")
 	assert.Equal(t, allServiceIDs, fakeClient.removedServices)
 	assert.Equal(t, allNetworkIDs, fakeClient.removedNetworks)
diff --git a/e2e/stack/remove_test.go b/e2e/stack/remove_test.go
index 77d95c793da5..2d39d02345bc 100644
--- a/e2e/stack/remove_test.go
+++ b/e2e/stack/remove_test.go
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ func TestRemove(t *testing.T) {
 
 	result := icmd.RunCmd(shell(t, "docker stack rm %s", stackname))
 
-	result.Assert(t, icmd.Expected{Out: icmd.None})
-	golden.Assert(t, result.Stderr(), "stack-remove-success.golden")
+	result.Assert(t, icmd.Expected{Err: icmd.None})
+	golden.Assert(t, result.Stdout(), "stack-remove-success.golden")
 }
 
 func deployFullStack(t *testing.T, stackname string) {