diff --git a/scripts/vim-patch.sh b/scripts/vim-patch.sh
index a8b622d5c4..9c4349abca 100755
--- a/scripts/vim-patch.sh
+++ b/scripts/vim-patch.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -p
 
 # Ensure that the user has a bash that supports -A
 if [[ "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" -lt 4  ]]; then
-  echo "This script requires bash version 3 or later (you have ${BASH_VERSION})." >&2
+  >&2 echo "error: script requires bash 4+ (you have ${BASH_VERSION})."
   exit 1
 fi