diff --git a/cli/internal/common.go b/cli/internal/common.go
index ab4372b1..13123299 100644
--- a/cli/internal/common.go
+++ b/cli/internal/common.go
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ var AutoDNSRecordFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
 	Aliases:     []string{"a"},
 	Value:       false,
 	Usage:       "Automatically configure DNS records",
-	Destination: &StdErrOnly,
+	Destination: &AutoDNSRecord,
 }
 
 // SSHFailMsg is a hopefully helpful SSH failure message