--- cloudinit/config/cc_set_passwords.py.orig
+++ cloudinit/config/cc_set_passwords.py
@@ -213,7 +213,9 @@ def handle(_name, cfg, cloud, log, args)
         if len(randlist):
             blurb = ("Set the following 'random' passwords\n",
                      '\n'.join(randlist))
-            sys.stderr.write("%s\n%s\n" % blurb)
+            util.multi_log(
+                "%s\n%s\n" % blurb, stderr=False
+            )
 
         if expire:
             expired_users = []