diff --git a/client/mysqldump.c b/client/mysqldump.c
index fa02c74615c..ace22c1ec64 100644
--- a/client/mysqldump.c
+++ b/client/mysqldump.c
@@ -598,12 +598,12 @@ static void print_version(void)
 } /* print_version */
 
 
-static void short_usage_sub(void)
+static void short_usage_sub(FILE *f)
 {
-  printf("Usage: %s [OPTIONS] database [tables]\n", my_progname_short);
-  printf("OR     %s [OPTIONS] --databases [OPTIONS] DB1 [DB2 DB3...]\n",
-         my_progname_short);
-  printf("OR     %s [OPTIONS] --all-databases [OPTIONS]\n", my_progname_short);
+  fprintf(f, "Usage: %s [OPTIONS] database [tables]\n", my_progname_short);
+  fprintf(f, "OR     %s [OPTIONS] --databases [OPTIONS] DB1 [DB2 DB3...]\n",
+          my_progname_short);
+  fprintf(f, "OR     %s [OPTIONS] --all-databases [OPTIONS]\n", my_progname_short);
 }
 
 
@@ -612,18 +612,18 @@ static void usage(void)
   print_version();
   puts(ORACLE_WELCOME_COPYRIGHT_NOTICE("2000"));
   puts("Dumping structure and contents of MySQL databases and tables.");
-  short_usage_sub();
+  short_usage_sub(stdout);
   print_defaults("my",load_default_groups);
   puts("");
-my_print_help(my_long_options);
+  my_print_help(my_long_options);
   my_print_variables(my_long_options);
 } /* usage */
 
 
-static void short_usage(void)
+static void short_usage(FILE *f)
 {
-  short_usage_sub();
-  printf("For more options, use %s --help\n", my_progname_short);
+  short_usage_sub(f);
+  fprintf(f, "For more options, use %s --help\n", my_progname_short);
 }
 
 
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ static int get_options(int *argc, char ***argv)
     exit(1);
   if ((*argc < 1 && !opt_alldbs) || (*argc > 0 && opt_alldbs))
   {
-    short_usage();
+    short_usage(stderr);
     return EX_USAGE;
   }
   if (tty_password)
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/mysqldump.result b/mysql-test/r/mysqldump.result
index af1fe4a0d2c..49fd19927fc 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/mysqldump.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/mysqldump.result
@@ -5281,3 +5281,7 @@ drop table t1, t2;
 #
 # End of 5.1 tests
 #
+Usage: mysqldump [OPTIONS] database [tables]
+OR     mysqldump [OPTIONS] --databases [OPTIONS] DB1 [DB2 DB3...]
+OR     mysqldump [OPTIONS] --all-databases [OPTIONS]
+For more options, use mysqldump --help
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test b/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
index 20afec8b63f..1bf5eb7932f 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
@@ -2462,3 +2462,10 @@ drop table t1, t2;
 --error 2
 --exec $MYSQL_DUMP -hunknownhost --dump-slave nulldb
 
+#
+# MDEV-6056 [PATCH] mysqldump writes usage to stdout even when not explicitly requested
+#
+--error 1
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --user=foo 2>&1 > $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/bug6056.out
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --help > $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/bug6056.out
+