diff --git a/next/last.go b/next/last.go
index d4e2ada..a6c5761 100644
--- a/next/last.go
+++ b/next/last.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package next
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os/exec"
 	"regexp"
@@ -45,5 +46,6 @@ func Last() {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("um last: %v", err)
 	}
-	log.Println(s)
+	// send to stdout, not stderr as is default for log.Print:
+	fmt.Println(s)
 }
diff --git a/next/next.go b/next/next.go
index 3722d6a..011d60c 100644
--- a/next/next.go
+++ b/next/next.go
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ func emacsNext(f string, tags string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	// NOTE: sends to stderr : is this what we want?
+	// if we decide to pipe the filename out, yes.
 	log.Print(string(out))
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/sort/sort.go b/sort/sort.go
index 109ab46..f6b8a25 100644
--- a/sort/sort.go
+++ b/sort/sort.go
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ func Sort(args []string) {
 	if opts.Write.Val {
 		Write(opts.Key.Val, out)
 	} else {
+		// to stdout
 		fmt.Print(out)
 	}
 }