diff --git a/hack/with-go-mod.sh b/hack/with-go-mod.sh
index 3be44d11ec..e4210f73c4 100755
--- a/hack/with-go-mod.sh
+++ b/hack/with-go-mod.sh
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ ROOTDIR="$(git -C "$SCRIPTDIR" rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
 if test -e "${ROOTDIR}/go.mod"; then
 	{
 		scriptname=$(basename "$0")
-		echo "${scriptname}: WARN: go.mod exists in the repository root!"
-		echo "${scriptname}: WARN: Using your go.mod instead of our generated version -- this may misbehave!"
+		cat >&2 <<- EOF
+			$scriptname: WARN: go.mod exists in the repository root!
+			$scriptname: WARN: Using your go.mod instead of our generated version -- this may misbehave!
+		EOF
 	} >&2
 else
 	set -x