diff --git a/manilaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py b/manilaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py
index a19e89015..17ee64c77 100644
--- a/manilaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py
+++ b/manilaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from manilaclient.tests.unit.v2 import fakes
 from manilaclient import utils
 from manilaclient.v2 import messages
 from manilaclient.v2 import security_services
+from manilaclient.v2 import share_groups
 from manilaclient.v2 import share_instances
 from manilaclient.v2 import share_network_subnets
 from manilaclient.v2 import share_networks
@@ -2650,9 +2651,17 @@ class ShellTest(test_utils.TestCase):
                 '/share-groups/detail?description~=%D1%84%D1%84%D1%84')
 
     def test_share_group_show(self):
+        fake_manager = mock.Mock()
+        fake_share_group = share_groups.ShareGroup(
+            fake_manager, {'id': '1234'})
+        self.mock_object(
+            shell_v2, '_find_share_group',
+            mock.Mock(side_effect=[fake_share_group]))
+
         self.run_command('share-group-show 1234')
 
-        self.assert_called('GET', '/share-groups/1234')
+        shell_v2._find_share_group.assert_has_calls(
+            [mock.call(self.shell.cs, "1234")])
 
     def test_share_group_create(self):
         fake_share_type_1 = type('FakeShareType1', (object,), {'id': '1234'})
@@ -2736,8 +2745,17 @@ class ShellTest(test_utils.TestCase):
     )
     @ddt.unpack
     def test_share_group_update(self, cmd, expected_body):
+        fake_manager = mock.Mock()
+        fake_share_group = share_groups.ShareGroup(
+            fake_manager, {'uuid': '1234', 'id': '1234'})
+        self.mock_object(
+            shell_v2, '_find_share_group',
+            mock.Mock(side_effect=[fake_share_group]))
+
         self.run_command('share-group-update 1234 %s' % cmd)
 
+        shell_v2._find_share_group.assert_has_calls(
+            [mock.call(self.shell.cs, '1234')])
         expected = {'share_group': expected_body}
         self.assert_called('PUT', '/share-groups/1234', body=expected)
 
@@ -2746,24 +2764,58 @@ class ShellTest(test_utils.TestCase):
             exceptions.CommandError,
             self.run_command, 'share-group-update 1234')
 
-    @mock.patch.object(shell_v2, '_find_share_group', mock.Mock())
-    def test_share_group_delete(self):
-        fake_group = type('FakeShareGroup', (object,), {'id': '1234'})
-        shell_v2._find_share_group.return_value = fake_group
+    @ddt.data(('share_group_xyz', ), ('share_group_abc', 'share_group_xyz'))
+    def test_share_group_delete_wait(self, share_group_to_delete):
+        fake_manager = mock.Mock()
+        fake_share_group = [
+            share_groups.ShareGroup(fake_manager, {'id': share_group})
+            for share_group in share_group_to_delete
+        ]
+        share_group_not_found_error = ("Delete for share group %s "
+                                       "failed: No group with a "
+                                       "name or ID of '%s' exists.")
+        share_group_are_not_found_errors = [
+            exceptions.CommandError(
+                share_group_not_found_error % (share_group, share_group))
+            for share_group in share_group_to_delete
+        ]
+        self.mock_object(
+            shell_v2, '_find_share_group',
+            mock.Mock(side_effect=(
+                fake_share_group + share_group_are_not_found_errors)))
+        self.mock_object(
+            shell_v2, '_wait_for_resource_status',
+            mock.Mock()
+        )
+        self.run_command(
+            'share-group-delete %s --wait' % ' '.join(
+                share_group_to_delete))
+        shell_v2._find_share_group.assert_has_calls([
+            mock.call(self.shell.cs, share_group) for share_group in
+            share_group_to_delete
+        ])
+        fake_manager.delete.assert_has_calls([
+            mock.call(share_group,
+                      force=False) for share_group in fake_share_group])
+        shell_v2._wait_for_resource_status.assert_has_calls([
+            mock.call(self.shell.cs, share_group,
+                      resource_type='share_group', expected_status='deleted')
+            for share_group in fake_share_group
+        ])
 
-        self.run_command('share-group-delete fake-sg')
-
-        self.assert_called('DELETE', '/share-groups/1234')
-
-    @mock.patch.object(shell_v2, '_find_share_group', mock.Mock())
     def test_share_group_delete_force(self):
-        fake_group = type('FakeShareGroup', (object,), {'id': '1234'})
-        shell_v2._find_share_group.return_value = fake_group
-
+        fake_manager = mock.Mock()
+        fake_share_group = share_groups.ShareGroup(
+            fake_manager, {'id': 'fake-group'})
+        self.mock_object(
+            shell_v2, '_find_share_group',
+            mock.Mock(side_effect=[fake_share_group]))
         self.run_command('share-group-delete --force fake-group')
-
-        self.assert_called(
-            'POST', '/share-groups/1234/action', {'force_delete': None})
+        shell_v2._find_share_group.assert_has_calls(
+            [mock.call(self.shell.cs, "fake-group")])
+        fake_manager.delete.assert_has_calls(
+            [mock.call(fake_share_group, force=True)])
+        self.assertEqual(1, fake_manager.delete.call_count)
 
     @mock.patch.object(shell_v2, '_find_share_group', mock.Mock())
     def test_share_group_delete_all_fail(self):
diff --git a/manilaclient/v2/shell.py b/manilaclient/v2/shell.py
index 435f8c91d..a481a3f7a 100644
--- a/manilaclient/v2/shell.py
+++ b/manilaclient/v2/shell.py
@@ -5507,35 +5507,47 @@ def do_share_group_update(cs, args):
     'share_group',
     metavar='<share_group>',
     nargs='+',
-    help='Name or ID of the share_group(s).')
+    help='Name or ID of the share group(s).')
 @cliutils.arg(
     '--force',
     action='store_true',
     default=False,
     help='Attempt to force delete the share group (Default=False)'
          ' (Admin only).')
+@cliutils.arg(
+    '--wait',
+    action='store_true',
+    default=False,
+    help='Wait for share group to delete')
 @cliutils.service_type('sharev2')
 def do_share_group_delete(cs, args):
-    """Remove one or more share groups."""
+    """Delete one or more share groups."""
     failure_count = 0
-    kwargs = {}
-
-    if args.force is not None:
-        kwargs['force'] = args.force
+    share_group_to_delete = []
 
     for share_group in args.share_group:
         try:
             share_group_ref = _find_share_group(cs, share_group)
-            cs.share_groups.delete(share_group_ref, **kwargs)
+            share_group_to_delete.append(share_group_ref)
+            share_group_ref.delete(args.force)
         except Exception as e:
             failure_count += 1
-            print("Delete for share group %s failed: %s" % (share_group, e),
-                  file=sys.stderr)
+            print("Delete for share group %s failed: %s" % (
+                share_group, e), file=sys.stderr)
 
     if failure_count == len(args.share_group):
         raise exceptions.CommandError("Unable to delete any of the specified "
                                       "share groups.")
 
+    if args.wait:
+        for share_group in share_group_to_delete:
+            try:
+                _wait_for_resource_status(
+                    cs, share_group, resource_type='share_group',
+                    expected_status='deleted')
+            except exceptions.CommandError as e:
+                print(e, file=sys.stderr)
+
 
 @cliutils.arg(
     'share_group',
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bug-1898318-add-wait-flag-for-deleting-a-share-group-operation-c602ba9faad411be.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1898318-add-wait-flag-for-deleting-a-share-group-operation-c602ba9faad411be.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..efd6c584b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1898318-add-wait-flag-for-deleting-a-share-group-operation-c602ba9faad411be.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    The command "manila share-group-delete" now accepts an optional
+    "--wait" that allows users to let the client poll for the
+    completion of the operation.