Here is how this is accomplished: thon import sys def print_to_stdout(s): print(s) def print_to_stderr(s): sys.stderr.write(s) def test_result_and_stdout(capsys): msg = "Hello" print_to_stdout(msg) print_to_stderr(msg) out, err = capsys.readouterr() # consume the captured output streams # optional: if you want to replay the consumed streams: sys.stdout.write(out) sys.stderr.write(err) # test: assert msg in out assert msg in err And, of course, most of the time, stderr will come as a part of an exception, so try/except has to be used in such a case: thon def raise_exception(msg): raise ValueError(msg) def test_something_exception(): msg = "Not a good value" error = "" try: raise_exception(msg) except Exception as e: error = str(e) assert msg in error, f"{msg} is in the exception:\n{error}" Another approach to capturing stdout is via contextlib.redirect_stdout: thon from io import StringIO from contextlib import redirect_stdout def print_to_stdout(s): print(s) def test_result_and_stdout(): msg = "Hello" buffer = StringIO() with redirect_stdout(buffer): print_to_stdout(msg) out = buffer.getvalue() # optional: if you want to replay the consumed streams: sys.stdout.write(out) # test: assert msg in out An important potential issue with capturing stdout is that it may contain \r characters that in normal print reset everything that has been printed so far.