diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_admin.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_admin.cc
index 9e6f4c6400084..f8040b988bab8 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_admin.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_admin.cc
@@ -7671,7 +7671,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 
     int ret = init_bucket(user.get(), tenant, bucket_name, bucket_id, &bucket);
     if (ret < 0) {
-      cerr << "ERROR: could not init bucket: " << cpp_strerror(-ret) << std::endl;
+      ldpp_dout(dpp(), 0) << "ERROR: could not init bucket: " << cpp_strerror(-ret) <<
+	dendl;
       return -ret;
     }
 
@@ -7691,13 +7692,13 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
     int i = (specified_shard_id ? shard_id : 0);
     for (; i < max_shards; i++) {
       ldpp_dout(dpp(), 20) << "INFO: " << __func__ << ": starting shard=" << i << dendl;
+      marker.clear();
 
       RGWRados::BucketShard bs(static_cast<rgw::sal::RadosStore*>(driver)->getRados());
       int ret = bs.init(dpp(), bucket->get_info(), index, i, null_yield);
-      marker.clear();
-
       if (ret < 0) {
-        cerr << "ERROR: bs.init(bucket=" << bucket << ", shard=" << i << "): " << cpp_strerror(-ret) << std::endl;
+	ldpp_dout(dpp(), 0) << "ERROR: bs.init(bucket=" << bucket << ", shard=" << i <<
+	  "): " << cpp_strerror(-ret) << dendl;
         return -ret;
       }
 
@@ -7706,7 +7707,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 	// if object is specified, we use that as a filter to only retrieve some some entries
         ret = static_cast<rgw::sal::RadosStore*>(driver)->getRados()->bi_list(bs, object, marker, max_entries, &entries, &is_truncated, null_yield);
         if (ret < 0) {
-          cerr << "ERROR: bi_list(): " << cpp_strerror(-ret) << std::endl;
+          ldpp_dout(dpp(), 0) << "ERROR: bi_list(): " << cpp_strerror(-ret) << dendl;
           return -ret;
         }
 	ldpp_dout(dpp(), 20) << "INFO: " << __func__ <<