diff -r d110167610db -r 7a9c905e51f9 mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Thu Apr 12 23:25:58 2018 +0900
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Thu Apr 12 21:33:47 2018 +0900
@@ -1971,8 +1971,14 @@
         ui.note(_('exporting patches:\n'))
     else:
         ui.note(_('exporting patch:\n'))
-    ui.pager('export')
-    cmdutil.export(repo, revs, fntemplate=opts.get('output'),
+
+    fntemplate = opts.get('output')
+    if cmdutil.isstdiofilename(fntemplate):
+        fntemplate = ''
+
+    if not fntemplate:
+        ui.pager('export')
+    cmdutil.export(repo, revs, fntemplate=fntemplate,
                  switch_parent=opts.get('switch_parent'),
                  opts=patch.diffallopts(ui, opts))