diff --git a/plugins/jasperreports/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jasperreports/CompileReport.java b/plugins/jasperreports/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jasperreports/CompileReport.java
index 028d72962c..eeb47b4e90 100644
--- a/plugins/jasperreports/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jasperreports/CompileReport.java
+++ b/plugins/jasperreports/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jasperreports/CompileReport.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
                 JasperCompileManager.compileReportToFile(args[i]);
             }
         } catch (JRException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
+            System.err.println("Failed to compile JasperReport: " + e.getMessage());
             System.exit(-1);
         }