diff --git a/scripts/check_for_valid_readme.py b/scripts/check_for_valid_readme.py
index edf94d9c3..d555b4fa2 100644
--- a/scripts/check_for_valid_readme.py
+++ b/scripts/check_for_valid_readme.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def is_valid_rst(path):
     """Checks if RST can be rendered on PyPI."""
     with open(path) as readme_file:
         markup = readme_file.read()
-    return readme_renderer.rst.render(markup) is not None
+    return readme_renderer.rst.render(markup, stream=sys.stderr) is not None
 
 
 def parse_args():