diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 133722f..76f38a4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ go:
 - 1.1.2
 - 1.2.2
 - 1.3.3
-- 1.4.2
-- 1.5.1
+- 1.4
+- 1.5.4
+- 1.6.2
 - tip
 
 matrix:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 06f7b84..c1709ce 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/codegangsta/cli.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/codegangsta/cli)
 [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/codegangsta/cli?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/codegangsta/cli)
 [![codebeat](https://codebeat.co/badges/0a8f30aa-f975-404b-b878-5fab3ae1cc5f)](https://codebeat.co/projects/github-com-codegangsta-cli)
+[![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/codegangsta/cli)](https://goreportcard.com/report/codegangsta/cli)
 
 # cli
 
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ func main() {
 
 This app will run and show help text, but is not very useful. Let's give an action to execute and some help documentation:
 
+<!-- {
+  "output": "boom! I say!"
+} -->
 ``` go
 package main
 
@@ -77,6 +81,9 @@ Being a programmer can be a lonely job. Thankfully by the power of automation th
 
 Start by creating a directory named `greet`, and within it, add a file, `greet.go` with the following code in it:
 
+<!-- {
+  "output": "Hello friend!"
+} -->
 ``` go
 package main
 
@@ -210,6 +217,7 @@ Sometimes it's useful to specify a flag's value within the usage string itself.
 indicated with back quotes.
 
 For example this:
+
 ```go
 cli.StringFlag{
   Name:  "config, c",
@@ -504,6 +512,9 @@ templates are exposed as variables `AppHelpTemplate`, `CommandHelpTemplate`, and
 is possible by assigning a compatible func to the `cli.HelpPrinter` variable,
 e.g.:
 
+<!-- {
+  "output": "Ha HA.  I pwnd the help!!1"
+} -->
 ``` go
 package main
 
diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index 7ad070b..b4ad8dd 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ type App struct {
 	Email string
 	// Writer writer to write output to
 	Writer io.Writer
+	// ErrWriter writes error output
+	ErrWriter io.Writer
 	// Other custom info
 	Metadata map[string]interface{}
 
@@ -243,11 +245,11 @@ func (a *App) Run(arguments []string) (err error) {
 
 // DEPRECATED: Another entry point to the cli app, takes care of passing arguments and error handling
 func (a *App) RunAndExitOnError() {
-	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr,
+	fmt.Fprintf(a.errWriter(),
 		"DEPRECATED cli.App.RunAndExitOnError.  %s  See %s\n",
 		contactSysadmin, runAndExitOnErrorDeprecationURL)
 	if err := a.Run(os.Args); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+		fmt.Fprintln(a.errWriter(), err)
 		OsExiter(1)
 	}
 }
@@ -422,6 +424,16 @@ func (a *App) hasFlag(flag Flag) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func (a *App) errWriter() io.Writer {
+
+	// When the app ErrWriter is nil use the package level one.
+	if a.ErrWriter == nil {
+		return ErrWriter
+	}
+
+	return a.ErrWriter
+}
+
 func (a *App) appendFlag(flag Flag) {
 	if !a.hasFlag(flag) {
 		a.Flags = append(a.Flags, flag)
@@ -467,7 +479,7 @@ func HandleAction(action interface{}, context *Context) (err error) {
 	vals := reflect.ValueOf(action).Call([]reflect.Value{reflect.ValueOf(context)})
 
 	if len(vals) == 0 {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr,
+		fmt.Fprintf(ErrWriter,
 			"DEPRECATED Action signature.  Must be `cli.ActionFunc`.  %s  See %s\n",
 			contactSysadmin, appActionDeprecationURL)
 		return nil
diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index 5f1e83b..db46a83 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@ package cli
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 )
 
 var OsExiter = os.Exit
 
+// ErrWriter is used to write errors to the user. This can be anything
+// implementing the io.Writer interface and defaults to os.Stderr.
+var ErrWriter io.Writer = os.Stderr
+
 type MultiError struct {
 	Errors []error
 }
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ func HandleExitCoder(err error) {
 
 	if exitErr, ok := err.(ExitCoder); ok {
 		if err.Error() != "" {
-			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+			fmt.Fprintln(ErrWriter, err)
 		}
 		OsExiter(exitErr.ExitCode())
 		return
diff --git a/flag.go b/flag.go
index 3b6a2e1..8354de0 100644
--- a/flag.go
+++ b/flag.go
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func (f IntSliceFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) {
 					s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
 					err := newVal.Set(s)
 					if err != nil {
-						fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, err.Error())
+						fmt.Fprintf(ErrWriter, err.Error())
 					}
 				}
 				f.Value = newVal
diff --git a/help.go b/help.go
index 666791f..bbd1c86 100644
--- a/help.go
+++ b/help.go
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func printHelp(out io.Writer, templ string, data interface{}) {
 		// If the writer is closed, t.Execute will fail, and there's nothing
 		// we can do to recover.
 		if os.Getenv("CLI_TEMPLATE_ERROR_DEBUG") != "" {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "CLI TEMPLATE ERROR: %#v\n", err)
+			fmt.Fprintf(ErrWriter, "CLI TEMPLATE ERROR: %#v\n", err)
 		}
 		return
 	}