diff --git a/crates/bws/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/bws/CHANGELOG.md
index 65568c6c2..a0a16f745 100644
--- a/crates/bws/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/bws/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 
 - Support for shell autocompletion with the `bws completions` command (#103)
+- When running `bws` with no args, the help text is now printed to `stderr` instead of `stdout` to be consistent with `bws subcommand` behavior (#190)
 
 ## [0.3.0] - 2023-07-26
 
diff --git a/crates/bws/src/main.rs b/crates/bws/src/main.rs
index ab0c9afb2..5e6da19d8 100644
--- a/crates/bws/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/bws/src/main.rs
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ async fn process_commands() -> Result<()> {
 
     let Some(command) = cli.command else {
         let mut cmd = Cli::command();
-        cmd.print_help()?;
+        eprintln!("{}", cmd.render_help().ansi());
         return Ok(());
     };