diff --git a/.changeset/terminal-display-error.md b/.changeset/terminal-display-error.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b28877d6da0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/terminal-display-error.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@effect/platform": patch
+"@effect/platform-node-shared": patch
+---
+
+Add `displayError` method to `Terminal` for writing to stderr.
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/services/MockTerminal.ts b/packages/cli/test/services/MockTerminal.ts
index d34e47f692b..7d1c10052a6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/services/MockTerminal.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/services/MockTerminal.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function*() {
 
   const display: MockTerminal["display"] = (input) => Console.log(input)
 
+  const displayError: MockTerminal["displayError"] = (input) => Console.error(input)
+
   const readInput: MockTerminal["readInput"] = Effect.succeed(queue)
 
   return MockTerminal.of({
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function*() {
     rows: Effect.succeed(24),
     isTTY: Effect.succeed(true),
     display,
+    displayError,
     readInput,
     readLine: Effect.succeed(""),
     inputKey,
diff --git a/packages/platform-node-shared/src/internal/terminal.ts b/packages/platform-node-shared/src/internal/terminal.ts
index e1db804c1e4..7465f86bb15 100644
--- a/packages/platform-node-shared/src/internal/terminal.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-node-shared/src/internal/terminal.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export const make = Effect.fnUntraced(function*(
 ) {
   const stdin = process.stdin
   const stdout = process.stdout
+  const stderr = process.stderr
 
   // Acquire readline interface with TTY setup/cleanup inside the scope
   const rlRef = yield* RcRef.make({
@@ -90,13 +91,31 @@ export const make = Effect.fnUntraced(function*(
       })
     )
 
+  const displayError = (prompt: string) =>
+    Effect.uninterruptible(
+      Effect.async<void, Error.PlatformError>((resume) => {
+        stderr.write(prompt, (err) =>
+          err
+            ? resume(Effect.fail(
+              new Error.BadArgument({
+                module: "Terminal",
+                method: "displayError",
+                description: "Failed to write prompt to stderr",
+                cause: err
+              })
+            ))
+            : resume(Effect.void))
+      })
+    )
+
   return Terminal.Terminal.of({
     columns,
     rows,
     isTTY,
     readInput,
     readLine,
-    display
+    display,
+    displayError
   })
 })
 
diff --git a/packages/platform-node-shared/test/Terminal.test.ts b/packages/platform-node-shared/test/Terminal.test.ts
index 79bb7768ef8..d0f4982afcf 100644
--- a/packages/platform-node-shared/test/Terminal.test.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-node-shared/test/Terminal.test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,36 @@
 import * as NodeTerminal from "@effect/platform-node-shared/NodeTerminal"
 import * as Terminal from "@effect/platform/Terminal"
 import { describe, expect, it } from "@effect/vitest"
+import * as Chunk from "effect/Chunk"
 import * as Effect from "effect/Effect"
+import * as Ref from "effect/Ref"
 
 const runPromise = <E, A>(self: Effect.Effect<A, E, Terminal.Terminal>) =>
   Effect.runPromise(
     Effect.provide(self, NodeTerminal.layer)
   )
 
+const makeTestTerminal = Effect.gen(function*() {
+  const displayOutput = yield* Ref.make(Chunk.empty<string>())
+  const displayErrorOutput = yield* Ref.make(Chunk.empty<string>())
+
+  const terminal = Terminal.Terminal.of({
+    columns: Effect.succeed(80),
+    rows: Effect.succeed(24),
+    isTTY: Effect.succeed(true),
+    readInput: Effect.die("not implemented"),
+    readLine: Effect.die("not implemented"),
+    display: (text) => Ref.update(displayOutput, Chunk.append(text)),
+    displayError: (text) => Ref.update(displayErrorOutput, Chunk.append(text))
+  })
+
+  return {
+    terminal,
+    displayOutput,
+    displayErrorOutput
+  }
+})
+
 describe("Terminal", () => {
   it("columns", () =>
     runPromise(Effect.gen(function*() {
@@ -29,4 +52,26 @@ describe("Terminal", () => {
       const isTTY = yield* terminal.isTTY
       expect(typeof isTTY).toEqual("boolean")
     })))
+
+  it("display", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function*() {
+      const { displayOutput, terminal } = yield* makeTestTerminal
+
+      yield* terminal.display("hello")
+      yield* terminal.display("world")
+
+      const output = yield* Ref.get(displayOutput)
+      expect(Chunk.toArray(output)).toEqual(["hello", "world"])
+    }).pipe(Effect.runPromise))
+
+  it("displayError", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function*() {
+      const { displayErrorOutput, terminal } = yield* makeTestTerminal
+
+      yield* terminal.displayError("error1")
+      yield* terminal.displayError("error2")
+
+      const errors = yield* Ref.get(displayErrorOutput)
+      expect(Chunk.toArray(errors)).toEqual(["error1", "error2"])
+    }).pipe(Effect.runPromise))
 })
diff --git a/packages/platform/src/Terminal.ts b/packages/platform/src/Terminal.ts
index 88977209e01..2f89e035fb8 100644
--- a/packages/platform/src/Terminal.ts
+++ b/packages/platform/src/Terminal.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ export interface Terminal {
    * Displays text to the the default standard output.
    */
   readonly display: (text: string) => Effect<void, PlatformError>
+  /**
+   * Displays text to the the default standard error.
+   */
+  readonly displayError: (text: string) => Effect<void, PlatformError>
 }
 
 /**