diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/alpine_group_force.yml b/changelogs/fragments/alpine_group_force.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f8a5f00902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/alpine_group_force.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+    - user - raise an error if force=true is used while deleting the group on Alpine and BusyBox (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85565).
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/group.py b/lib/ansible/modules/group.py
index a31b9f8c73a..27531380e24 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/group.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/group.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ options:
         description:
             - Whether to delete a group even if it is the primary group of a user.
             - Only applicable on platforms which implement a C(--force) flag on the group deletion command.
+            - Not applicable on BusyBox and Alpine Linux.
         type: bool
         default: false
         version_added: "2.15"
@@ -651,6 +652,9 @@ class BusyBoxGroup(Group):
         return self.execute_command(cmd)
 
     def group_del(self):
+        if self.module.params['force']:
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='force is not a valid option for this platform.')
+
         cmd = [self.module.get_bin_path('delgroup', True), self.name]
         return self.execute_command(cmd)
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/group/tasks/tests.yml b/test/integration/targets/group/tasks/tests.yml
index c4f90be5de7..8f140b47acb 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/group/tasks/tests.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/group/tasks/tests.yml
@@ -388,6 +388,35 @@
             state: absent
       when: ansible_distribution not in ["MacOSX", "Alpine", "FreeBSD"]
 
+    # https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85565
+    - block:
+        - name: Create a group
+          group:
+            name: groupdeltest
+            state: present
+
+        - name: Use force to delete the group
+          group:
+            name: groupdeltest
+            state: absent
+            force: true
+          ignore_errors: true
+          register: force_delete
+
+        - name: assert an error occurred while deleting the group with force=true
+          assert:
+            that:
+              - force_delete is failed
+              - "'force is not a valid option' in force_delete.msg"
+
+      always:
+        - name: Cleanup group
+          group:
+            name: groupdeltest
+            state: absent
+
+      when: ansible_distribution in ["Alpine"]
+
     # create system group
 
     - name: remove group