diff --git a/docs/scarpet/language/SystemFunctions.md b/docs/scarpet/language/SystemFunctions.md
index a1efa6d6..06e5ccdb 100644
--- a/docs/scarpet/language/SystemFunctions.md
+++ b/docs/scarpet/language/SystemFunctions.md
@@ -239,10 +239,13 @@ Thou shall not sample from noise changing seed frequently. Scarpet will keep tra
 used for sampling providing similar speed comparing to the default seed of `0`. In case the app engine uses more 
 than 256 seeds at the same time, switching between them can get much more expensive.
 
-### `print(expr)`
+### `print(expr)`, `print(player, expr)`
 
 prints the value of the expression to chat. Passes the result of the argument to the output unchanged, 
-so `print`-statements can be weaved in code to debug programming issues
+so `print`-statements can be weaved in code to debug programming issues. By default it uses the same communication
+channels that most vanilla commands are using.
+
+In case player is directly specified, it only sends the message to that player, like `tell` command.
 
 <pre>
 print('foo') => results in foo, prints: foo
diff --git a/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetExpression.java b/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetExpression.java
index a0d63d6a..0493460b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetExpression.java
+++ b/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetExpression.java
@@ -2896,10 +2896,17 @@ public class CarpetExpression
         });
 
         //"overridden" native call that prints to stderr
-        this.expr.addLazyFunction("print", 1, (c, t, lv) ->
+        this.expr.addLazyFunction("print", -1, (c, t, lv) ->
         {
+            if (lv.size() == 0 || lv.size() > 2) throw new InternalExpressionException("'print' takes one or two arguments");
             ServerCommandSource s = ((CarpetContext)c).s;
             Value res = lv.get(0).evalValue(c);
+            if (lv.size() == 2)
+            {
+                ServerPlayerEntity player = EntityValue.getPlayerByValue(s.getMinecraftServer(), res);
+                s = player.getCommandSource();
+                res = lv.get(1).evalValue(c);
+            }
             if (res instanceof FormattedTextValue)
             {
                 s.sendFeedback(((FormattedTextValue) res).getText(), false);
@@ -2915,7 +2922,8 @@ public class CarpetExpression
                     Messenger.m(s, "w " + res.getString());
                 }
             }
-            return (_c, _t) -> res; // pass through for variables
+            Value finalRes = res;
+            return (_c, _t) -> finalRes; // pass through for variables
         });
 
         this.expr.addLazyFunction("format", -1, (c, t, lv) -> {