diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/clusterinfo/clusterinfo_dump.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/clusterinfo/clusterinfo_dump.go
index 0164041a846..4254405e332 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/clusterinfo/clusterinfo_dump.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/clusterinfo/clusterinfo_dump.go
@@ -300,10 +300,7 @@ func (o *ClusterInfoDumpOptions) Run() error {
 	}
 
 	dest := o.OutputDir
-	if len(dest) == 0 {
-		dest = "standard output"
-	}
-	if dest != "-" {
+	if len(dest) > 0 && dest != "-" {
 		fmt.Fprintf(o.Out, "Cluster info dumped to %s\n", dest)
 	}
 	return nil