diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/unarchive-fix-bad-user-and-group.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/unarchive-fix-bad-user-and-group.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54d2ec9f48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/unarchive-fix-bad-user-and-group.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - unarchive - add two more error conditions to unarchive to present more accurate error message (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/51848)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/files/unarchive.py b/lib/ansible/modules/files/unarchive.py
index 707e94c49c..80a97f15fd 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/files/unarchive.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/files/unarchive.py
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ MOD_TIME_DIFF_RE = re.compile(r': Mod time differs$')
 EMPTY_FILE_RE = re.compile(r': : Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory$')
 MISSING_FILE_RE = re.compile(r': Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory$')
 ZIP_FILE_MODE_RE = re.compile(r'([r-][w-][SsTtx-]){3}')
+INVALID_OWNER_RE = re.compile(r': Invalid owner')
+INVALID_GROUP_RE = re.compile(r': Invalid group')
 
 
 def crc32(path):
@@ -730,6 +732,10 @@ class TgzArchive(object):
                 out += line + '\n'
             if MISSING_FILE_RE.search(line):
                 out += line + '\n'
+            if INVALID_OWNER_RE.search(line):
+                out += line + '\n'
+            if INVALID_GROUP_RE.search(line):
+                out += line + '\n'
         if out:
             unarchived = False
         return dict(unarchived=unarchived, rc=rc, out=out, err=err, cmd=cmd)