diff --git a/v2/bin/ansible-playbook b/v2/bin/ansible-playbook
index a182f629aa..d9247fef1c 100755
--- a/v2/bin/ansible-playbook
+++ b/v2/bin/ansible-playbook
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     try:
         sys.exit(main(display, sys.argv[1:]))
     except AnsibleError as e:
-        display.display("[ERROR]: %s" % e, color='red', stderr=True)
+        display.error(str(e))
         sys.exit(1)
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        display.display("[ERROR]: interrupted", color='red', stderr=True)
+        display.error("interrupted")
         sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/v2/bin/ansible-vault b/v2/bin/ansible-vault
index 506402ee15..638d80ba9e 100755
--- a/v2/bin/ansible-vault
+++ b/v2/bin/ansible-vault
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         (options, args) = cli.parse()
         sys.exit(cli.run(options, args))
     except AnsibleError as e:
-        display.display("[ERROR]: %s" % e, color='red', stderr=True)
+        display.error(str(e))
         sys.exit(1)
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        display.display("[ERROR]: interrupted", color='red', stderr=True)
+        display.error("interrupted")
         sys.exit(1)