diff --git a/cmd/camtool/list.go b/cmd/camtool/list.go
index e464a1a07..b159a1d9c 100644
--- a/cmd/camtool/list.go
+++ b/cmd/camtool/list.go
@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ func (c *listCmd) RunCommand(args []string) error {
 		return c.syncCmd.RunCommand(args)
 	}
 
-	stdout := os.Stdout
-	defer func() { os.Stdout = stdout }()
+	stdout := cmdmain.Stdout
+	defer func() { cmdmain.Stdout = stdout }()
 	pr, pw, err := os.Pipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Could not create pipe to read from stdout: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer pr.Close()
-	os.Stdout = pw
+	cmdmain.Stdout = pw
 
 	if err := c.setClient(); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -107,7 +107,12 @@ func (c *listCmd) RunCommand(args []string) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Error when describing blobs %v: %v", blobRefs, err)
 		}
 		for _, v := range blobRefs {
-			blob := described.Meta[v.String()]
+			blob, ok := described.Meta[v.String()]
+			if !ok {
+				// This can happen if the index is out of sync with the storage we enum from.
+				fmt.Fprintf(stdout, "%v <not described>\n", v)
+				continue
+			}
 			detailed := detail(blob)
 			if detailed != "" {
 				detailed = fmt.Sprintf("\t%v", detailed)
diff --git a/cmd/camtool/sync.go b/cmd/camtool/sync.go
index 78692dfb8..ed84f10cd 100644
--- a/cmd/camtool/sync.go
+++ b/cmd/camtool/sync.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (c *syncCmd) RunCommand(args []string) error {
 
 	differentKeyIDs := fmt.Sprintf("WARNING: the source server GPG key ID (%v) and the destination's (%v) differ. All blobs will be synced, but because the indexer at the other side is indexing claims by a different user, you may not see what you expect in that server's web UI, etc.", c.srcKeyID, c.destKeyID)
 
-	if c.srcKeyID != c.destKeyID { // both blank is ok.
+	if c.dest != "stdout" && c.srcKeyID != c.destKeyID { // both blank is ok.
 		// Warn at the top (and hope the user sees it and can abort if it was a mistake):
 		fmt.Fprintln(cmdmain.Stderr, differentKeyIDs)
 		// Warn also at the end (in case the user missed the first one)
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ func (c *syncCmd) doPass(src, dest, thirdLeg blobserver.Storage) (stats SyncStat
 
 	if c.dest == "stdout" {
 		for sb := range srcBlobs {
-			fmt.Fprintf(cmdmain.Stderr, "%s %d\n", sb.Ref, sb.Size)
+			fmt.Fprintf(cmdmain.Stdout, "%s %d\n", sb.Ref, sb.Size)
 		}
 		checkSourceError()
 		return
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ func (c *syncCmd) doPass(src, dest, thirdLeg blobserver.Storage) (stats SyncStat
 	}
 
 	for sb := range syncBlobs {
-		fmt.Fprintf(cmdmain.Stderr, "Destination needs blob: %s\n", sb)
+		fmt.Fprintf(cmdmain.Stdout, "Destination needs blob: %s\n", sb)
 
 		blobReader, size, err := src.FetchStreaming(sb.Ref)
 		if err != nil {