diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index e076b87175..159b889dca 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 * Bugfixes
   * Your bugfix goes here <Most recent on the top, like GitHub> (#Github Number)
+  * control_cli.rb - all normal output should be to @stdout (#2487)
   * Catch 'Error in reactor loop escaped: mode not supported for this object: r' (#2477)
   * Ignore Rails' reaper thread (and any thread marked forksafe) for warning ([#2475])
   * Ignore illegal (by Rack spec) response header ([#2439])
diff --git a/lib/puma/control_cli.rb b/lib/puma/control_cli.rb
index ed7ad1d26b..e2a5e59319 100644
--- a/lib/puma/control_cli.rb
+++ b/lib/puma/control_cli.rb
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def initialize(argv, stdout=STDOUT, stderr=STDERR)
         end
 
         o.on_tail("-V", "--version", "Show version") do
-          puts Const::PUMA_VERSION
+          @stdout.puts Const::PUMA_VERSION
           exit
         end
       end
@@ -236,14 +236,14 @@ def send_signal
         sig = CMD_PATH_SIG_MAP[@command]
 
         if sig.nil?
-          puts "'#{@command}' not available via pid only"
+          @stdout.puts "'#{@command}' not available via pid only"
           return
         elsif sig.start_with? 'SIG'
           Process.kill sig, @pid
         elsif @command == 'status'
           begin
             Process.kill 0, @pid
-            puts 'Puma is started'
+            @stdout.puts 'Puma is started'
           rescue Errno::ESRCH
             raise 'Puma is not running'
           end