diff --git a/coreutils/chown.c b/coreutils/chown.c
index f0e8baf..c19b0bd 100644
--- a/coreutils/chown.c
+++ b/coreutils/chown.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ char *make_path(const char *src, const char *dst) {
 	size_t len = strlen(src) + strlen(dst) + 2;
 	char *full_path = malloc(len + 1);
 	if (full_path == NULL) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "cp: malloc() returned NULL\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "chown: malloc() returned NULL\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ int cntree(const char *dst) {
 	if (get_stat(dst, &stat_path))
 		return 1;
 
-	if (!S_ISDIR(stat_path.st_mode))
+	if (!S_ISDIR(stat_path.st_mode) || r_flag)
 		return ret;
 
 	DIR *dir = opendir(dst);