diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
index 496b5165fda..1fb6bb756bc 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func RunGet(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, errOut io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Comm
 				return fmt.Errorf("unable to output the provided object: %v", err)
 			}
 			filteredResourceCount++
-			cmdutil.PrintFilterCount(filteredResourceCount, mapping.Resource, errOut, filterOpts)
+			cmdutil.PrintFilterCount(filteredResourceCount, mapping.Resource, filterOpts)
 		}
 
 		// print watched changes
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ func RunGet(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, errOut io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Comm
 					return false, err
 				}
 				filteredResourceCount++
-				cmdutil.PrintFilterCount(filteredResourceCount, mapping.Resource, errOut, filterOpts)
+				cmdutil.PrintFilterCount(filteredResourceCount, mapping.Resource, filterOpts)
 				return false, nil
 			})
 			return err
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func RunGet(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, errOut io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Comm
 				errs = append(errs, err)
 			}
 
-			cmdutil.PrintFilterCount(filteredResourceCount, res, errOut, filterOpts)
+			cmdutil.PrintFilterCount(filteredResourceCount, res, filterOpts)
 			return utilerrors.Reduce(utilerrors.Flatten(utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs)))
 		}
 
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ func RunGet(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, errOut io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Comm
 			filteredResourceCount++
 		}
 
-		cmdutil.PrintFilterCount(filteredResourceCount, res, errOut, filterOpts)
+		cmdutil.PrintFilterCount(filteredResourceCount, res, filterOpts)
 		return utilerrors.Reduce(utilerrors.Flatten(utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs)))
 	}
 
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ func RunGet(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, errOut io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Comm
 		if printer == nil || lastMapping == nil || mapping == nil || mapping.Resource != lastMapping.Resource {
 			if printer != nil {
 				w.Flush()
-				cmdutil.PrintFilterCount(filteredResourceCount, lastMapping.Resource, errOut, filterOpts)
+				cmdutil.PrintFilterCount(filteredResourceCount, lastMapping.Resource, filterOpts)
 			}
 			printer, err = f.PrinterForMapping(cmd, mapping, allNamespaces)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ func RunGet(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, errOut io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Comm
 	}
 	w.Flush()
 	if printer != nil && lastMapping != nil {
-		cmdutil.PrintFilterCount(filteredResourceCount, lastMapping.Resource, errOut, filterOpts)
+		cmdutil.PrintFilterCount(filteredResourceCount, lastMapping.Resource, filterOpts)
 	}
 	return utilerrors.NewAggregate(allErrs)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/helpers.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/helpers.go
index 975e4c38c96..304ff773cdb 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/helpers.go
@@ -698,12 +698,10 @@ func FilterResourceList(obj runtime.Object, filterFuncs kubectl.Filters, filterO
 	return filterCount, list, nil
 }
 
-func PrintFilterCount(hiddenObjNum int, resource string, out io.Writer, options *kubectl.PrintOptions) error {
+func PrintFilterCount(hiddenObjNum int, resource string, options *kubectl.PrintOptions) {
 	if !options.NoHeaders && !options.ShowAll && hiddenObjNum > 0 {
-		_, err := fmt.Fprintf(out, "  info: %d completed object(s) was(were) not shown in %s list. Pass --show-all to see all objects.\n\n", hiddenObjNum, resource)
-		return err
+		glog.V(2).Infof("  info: %d completed object(s) was(were) not shown in %s list. Pass --show-all to see all objects.\n\n", hiddenObjNum, resource)
 	}
-	return nil
 }
 
 // ObjectListToVersionedObject receives a list of api objects and a group version