diff -up texinfo-5.2/info/info.c.orig texinfo-5.2/info/info.c

--- texinfo-5.2/info/info.c.orig	2014-01-16 08:55:50.084084818 +0100

+++ texinfo-5.2/info/info.c	2014-01-16 08:55:55.464112252 +0100

@@ -859,7 +859,13 @@ show_error_node (NODE *node)

 {

   if (info_error_rings_bell_p)

     terminal_ring_bell ();

-  if (!echo_area_is_active)

+  if (user_output_filename)

+    {

+      if (node->contents[node->nodelen - 1] == '\n')

+        node->contents[node->nodelen - 1] = 0;

+      info_error ("%s", node->contents);

+    }

+  else if (!echo_area_is_active)

     {

       free_echo_area ();

       window_set_node_of_window (the_echo_area, node);