diff --git a/library/std/src/alloc.rs b/library/std/src/alloc.rs
index 9e9052ff92e1b..8ee55234cea43 100644
--- a/library/std/src/alloc.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/alloc.rs
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ pub fn take_alloc_error_hook() -> fn(Layout) {
 }
 
 fn default_alloc_error_hook(layout: Layout) {
-    rterr!("memory allocation of {} bytes failed\n", layout.size());
+    rtprintpanic!("memory allocation of {} bytes failed\n", layout.size());
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(test))]
diff --git a/library/std/src/panicking.rs b/library/std/src/panicking.rs
index 9091151518579..02957e75a7409 100644
--- a/library/std/src/panicking.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/panicking.rs
@@ -596,15 +596,12 @@ fn rust_panic_with_hook(
         if panics > 2 {
             // Don't try to print the message in this case
             // - perhaps that is causing the recursive panics.
-            rterr!("thread panicked while processing panic. aborting.\n");
+            rtprintpanic!("thread panicked while processing panic. aborting.\n");
         } else {
             // Unfortunately, this does not print a backtrace, because creating
             // a `Backtrace` will allocate, which we must to avoid here.
             let panicinfo = PanicInfo::internal_constructor(message, location);
-            rterr!(
-                "{}\npanicked after panic::always_abort(), aborting.\n",
-                panicinfo
-            );
+            rtprintpanic!("{}\npanicked after panic::always_abort(), aborting.\n", panicinfo);
         }
         intrinsics::abort()
     }
@@ -637,7 +634,7 @@ fn rust_panic_with_hook(
         // have limited options. Currently our preference is to
         // just abort. In the future we may consider resuming
         // unwinding or otherwise exiting the thread cleanly.
-        rterr!("thread panicked while panicking. aborting.\n");
+        rtprintpanic!("thread panicked while panicking. aborting.\n");
         intrinsics::abort()
     }
 
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unix/stack_overflow.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unix/stack_overflow.rs
index 72fd48278bc16..81f47a779d33b 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unix/stack_overflow.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unix/stack_overflow.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ mod imp {
         // If the faulting address is within the guard page, then we print a
         // message saying so and abort.
         if guard.start <= addr && addr < guard.end {
-            rterr!(
+            rtprintpanic!(
                 "\nthread '{}' has overflowed its stack\n",
                 thread::current().name().unwrap_or("<unknown>")
             );
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/windows/stack_overflow.rs b/library/std/src/sys/windows/stack_overflow.rs
index 24ba35ad17e63..755dc0a6c8b47 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/windows/stack_overflow.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/windows/stack_overflow.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ extern "system" fn vectored_handler(ExceptionInfo: *mut c::EXCEPTION_POINTERS) -
         let code = rec.ExceptionCode;
 
         if code == c::EXCEPTION_STACK_OVERFLOW {
-            rterr!(
+            rtprintpanic!(
                 "\nthread '{}' has overflowed its stack\n",
                 thread::current().name().unwrap_or("<unknown>")
             );
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys_common/rt.rs b/library/std/src/sys_common/rt.rs
index e4c9b60594ef7..02013ecc4ced6 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys_common/rt.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys_common/rt.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ pub fn cleanup() {
     });
 }
 
-macro_rules! rterr {
+// Prints to the "panic output", depending on the platform this may be:
+// - the standard error output
+// - some dedicated platform specific output
+// - nothing (so this macro is a no-op)
+macro_rules! rtprintpanic {
     ($($t:tt)*) => {
         if let Some(mut out) = crate::sys::stdio::panic_output() {
             let _ = crate::io::Write::write_fmt(&mut out, format_args!($($t)*));
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ macro_rules! rterr {
 macro_rules! rtabort {
     ($($t:tt)*) => {
         {
-            rterr!("fatal runtime error: {}\n", format_args!($($t)*));
+            rtprintpanic!("fatal runtime error: {}\n", format_args!($($t)*));
             crate::sys::abort_internal();
         }
     }