diff --git a/pkg/minikube/notify/notify.go b/pkg/minikube/notify/notify.go
index 48e85fba9ea6f4d0b56fe1bfb0c54f67b49f07f8..8bf34b96c2152735e0add8f5548d4f604e7d508b 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/notify/notify.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/notify/notify.go
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ func MaybePrintUpdateText(url string, lastUpdatePath string) bool {
 			glog.Errorf("write time failed: %v", err)
 		}
 		url := "https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/tag/v" + latestVersion.String()
-		out.ErrT(style.Celebrate, `minikube {{.version}} is available! Download it: {{.url}}`, out.V{"version": latestVersion, "url": url})
-		out.ErrT(style.Tip, "To disable this notice, run: 'minikube config set WantUpdateNotification false'\n")
+		out.T(style.Celebrate, `minikube {{.version}} is available! Download it: {{.url}}`, out.V{"version": latestVersion, "url": url})
+		out.T(style.Tip, "To disable this notice, run: 'minikube config set WantUpdateNotification false'\n")
 		return true
 	}
 	return false
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/notify/notify_test.go b/pkg/minikube/notify/notify_test.go
index 46e44d5589766bcfa26b9eefb7c14fd744574c85..85a135ca2aa51d1ba37cb978d4ead541a83045fa 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/notify/notify_test.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/notify/notify_test.go
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func TestMaybePrintUpdateText(t *testing.T) {
 	tempDir := tests.MakeTempDir()
 	defer tests.RemoveTempDir(tempDir)
 	outputBuffer := tests.NewFakeFile()
-	out.SetErrFile(outputBuffer)
+	out.SetOutFile(outputBuffer)
 
 	var tc = []struct {
 		len                     int