diff --git a/rc/bin/whois b/rc/bin/whois
index 8308e4b60..447c47352 100755
--- a/rc/bin/whois
+++ b/rc/bin/whois
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/rc
 
-for(i in $*)
+>[2] /dev/null for(i in $*)
 	grep '^'$i'	' /adm/whois ||
 	grep -i $i /adm/keys.who ||
 	grep -i $i /adm/netkeys.who ||