diff --git a/src/uu/chgrp/src/chgrp.rs b/src/uu/chgrp/src/chgrp.rs
index d351eb2bb..dd851c504 100644
--- a/src/uu/chgrp/src/chgrp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/chgrp/src/chgrp.rs
@@ -363,7 +363,9 @@ impl Chgrper {
             self.verbosity.clone(),
         ) {
             Ok(n) => {
-                show_error!("{}", n);
+                if !n.is_empty() {
+                    show_error!("{}", n);
+                }
                 0
             }
             Err(e) => {
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_chgrp.rs b/tests/by-util/test_chgrp.rs
index e887f659d..1b8057e47 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_chgrp.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_chgrp.rs
@@ -229,6 +229,22 @@ fn test_big_h() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+fn basic_succeeds() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    let one_group = nix::unistd::getgroups().unwrap();
+    // if there are no groups we can't run this test.
+    if let Some(group) = one_group.first() {
+        at.touch("f1");
+        ucmd.arg(group.as_raw().to_string())
+            .arg("f1")
+            .succeeds()
+            .no_stdout()
+            .no_stderr();
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_no_change() {
     let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();