diff --git a/avwsplit.c b/avwsplit.c
index 27be90f3dac40afabf7339e165547d792bd5d0ea..94cb19f513b96d50f71252b337b78cc912739010 100644
--- a/avwsplit.c
+++ b/avwsplit.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     FslReadVolumes(src, buffer, 1);
 
     sprintf(opfn, "vol%04d", i);
-    fprintf(stderr, "Writing %s\r", opfn);
+    /*printf("Writing %s\r", opfn);*/
 
     dest = FslOpen(opfn, "w");
     FslCloneHeader(dest, src);
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     FslClose(dest);
   }
 
-  fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+  /*printf("\n");*/
 
   return(0);
 }
diff --git a/fslslice.cc b/fslslice.cc
index 5bbe40108f6a8dd7f38283ea3bd5c7ac74d31f34..e4d019356d69bd9fae0f2b3920099be8c4f8b253 100644
--- a/fslslice.cc
+++ b/fslslice.cc
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ int fmrib_main(int argc, char *argv[])
     grot.activateROI();
     tmp=grot.ROI();
     string oname=base+"_slice_"+zeropad_numeric_string(num2str(z),4);
-    cerr<<"writing slice "<<z<<'\r';
+    //cout<<"writing slice "<<z<<'\r';
     save_volume4D(tmp,oname);
   }
+  //cout<<'\n';
   return 0;
 }