diff --git a/mercurial/sshpeer.py b/mercurial/sshpeer.py
index 8a096d4d0862c5ba5b08ed22c732015bbc866add_bWVyY3VyaWFsL3NzaHBlZXIucHk=..ee297602a20893f456bf329511d0122c1dab6d86_bWVyY3VyaWFsL3NzaHBlZXIucHk= 100644
--- a/mercurial/sshpeer.py
+++ b/mercurial/sshpeer.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
                 util.shellquote("%s init %s" %
                     (_serverquote(remotecmd), _serverquote(self.path))))
             ui.debug('running %s\n' % cmd)
-            res = util.system(cmd)
+            res = util.system(cmd, out=ui.fout)
             if res != 0:
                 self._abort(error.RepoError(_("could not create remote repo")))