diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
index 626b65ad63e..0f1a6967b04 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
@@ -2271,10 +2271,6 @@ fn copy_file(
         .into());
     }
 
-    if options.verbose {
-        print_verbose_output(options.parents, progress_bar, source, dest);
-    }
-
     if options.preserve_hard_links() {
         // if we encounter a matching device/inode pair in the source tree
         // we can arrange to create a hard link between the corresponding names
@@ -2284,6 +2280,11 @@ fn copy_file(
                 .context(format!("cannot stat {}", source.quote()))?,
         ) {
             std::fs::hard_link(new_source, dest)?;
+
+            if options.verbose {
+                print_verbose_output(options.parents, progress_bar, source, dest);
+            }
+
             return Ok(());
         };
     }
@@ -2334,6 +2335,10 @@ fn copy_file(
         source_is_stream,
     )?;
 
+    if options.verbose {
+        print_verbose_output(options.parents, progress_bar, source, dest);
+    }
+
     // TODO: implement something similar to gnu's lchown
     if !dest_is_symlink {
         // Here, to match GNU semantics, we quietly ignore an error
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
index 69b15e80dd9..bb57406628e 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
@@ -6041,3 +6041,37 @@ fn test_cp_from_stdin() {
     assert!(at.file_exists(target));
     assert_eq!(at.read(target), test_string);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_cp_update_older_interactive_prompt_yes() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    let old_file = "old";
+    let new_file = "new";
+
+    let f = at.make_file(old_file);
+    f.set_modified(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap();
+    at.touch(new_file);
+
+    ucmd.args(&["-i", "-v", "--update=older", new_file, old_file])
+        .pipe_in("Y\n")
+        .stderr_to_stdout()
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_is("cp: overwrite 'old'? 'new' -> 'old'\n");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_cp_update_older_interactive_prompt_no() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    let old_file = "old";
+    let new_file = "new";
+
+    let f = at.make_file(old_file);
+    f.set_modified(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap();
+    at.touch(new_file);
+
+    ucmd.args(&["-i", "-v", "--update=older", new_file, old_file])
+        .pipe_in("N\n")
+        .stderr_to_stdout()
+        .fails()
+        .stdout_is("cp: overwrite 'old'? ");
+}