diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/commands.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/commands.py
index 598e893af0f..c697c3bd0b3 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/commands.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/commands.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def load_command_table(self, _):
 
     with self.command_group('group', resource_group_sdk, resource_type=ResourceType.MGMT_RESOURCE_RESOURCES) as g:
         g.command('delete', 'begin_delete', supports_no_wait=True, confirmation=True)
-        g.show_command('show', 'get')
+        g.custom_show_command('show', 'get_resource_group')
         g.command('exists', 'check_existence')
         g.custom_command('list', 'list_resource_groups', table_transformer=transform_resource_group_list)
         g.custom_command('create', 'create_resource_group')
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/custom.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/custom.py
index 381654efca7..e9bc759e8c1 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/custom.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/custom.py
@@ -1317,6 +1317,17 @@ def update_resource_group(instance, tags=None):
     return instance
 
 
+def get_resource_group(cmd, resource_group_name):
+    from azure.core.exceptions import ResourceNotFoundError
+    try:
+        rcf = _resource_client_factory(cmd.cli_ctx)
+        return rcf.resource_groups.get(resource_group_name=resource_group_name)
+    except ResourceNotFoundError:
+        subscription_id = get_subscription_id(cmd.cli_ctx)
+        raise ResourceNotFoundError("Resource group '{}' could not be found in subscription '{}'."
+                                    .format(resource_group_name, subscription_id))
+
+
 def export_group_as_template(
         cmd, resource_group_name, include_comments=False, include_parameter_default_value=False, resource_ids=None, skip_resource_name_params=False, skip_all_params=False):
     """Captures a resource group as a template.
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/recordings/test_show_not_existing_resource_group.yaml b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/recordings/test_show_not_existing_resource_group.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..25266cadafd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/recordings/test_show_not_existing_resource_group.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+interactions:
+- request:
+    body: null
+    headers:
+      Accept:
+      - application/json
+      Accept-Encoding:
+      - gzip, deflate
+      CommandName:
+      - group show
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      ParameterSetName:
+      - -n
+      User-Agent:
+      - AZURECLI/2.39.0 azsdk-python-azure-mgmt-resource/21.1.0b1 Python/3.8.0 (Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0)
+    method: GET
+    uri: https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourcegroups/not_exist_group_000001?api-version=2021-04-01
+  response:
+    body:
+      string: '{"error":{"code":"ResourceGroupNotFound","message":"Resource group
+        ''not_exist_group_000001'' could not be found."}}'
+    headers:
+      cache-control:
+      - no-cache
+      content-length:
+      - '114'
+      content-type:
+      - application/json; charset=utf-8
+      date:
+      - Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:48:53 GMT
+      expires:
+      - '-1'
+      pragma:
+      - no-cache
+      strict-transport-security:
+      - max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
+      x-content-type-options:
+      - nosniff
+      x-ms-failure-cause:
+      - gateway
+    status:
+      code: 404
+      message: Not Found
+version: 1
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/test_resource.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/test_resource.py
index 24a259f84f7..c90eb980d28 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/test_resource.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/test_resource.py
@@ -100,7 +100,18 @@ def test_resource_group_force_deletion_type(self, resource_group):
 
         self.cmd('group delete -n testrg -f Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines --yes')
         self.cmd('group exists -n testrg',
-                 checks=self.check('@', False))        
+                 checks=self.check('@', False))
+
+    def test_show_not_existing_resource_group(self):
+        self.kwargs.update({
+            'group': self.create_random_name('not_exist_group_', 30)
+        })
+        subscriptionId = self.get_subscription_id()
+        from azure.core.exceptions import ResourceNotFoundError
+        message = "Resource group '{}' could not be found in subscription '{}'." \
+            .format(self.kwargs['group'], subscriptionId)
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ResourceNotFoundError, message):
+            self.cmd('group show -n {group}')
 
 
 class ResourceGroupNoWaitScenarioTest(ScenarioTest):