diff --git a/doc/uuid/uuid_io.adoc b/doc/uuid/uuid_io.adoc
index c3cf97f..8c4bb7b 100644
--- a/doc/uuid/uuid_io.adoc
+++ b/doc/uuid/uuid_io.adoc
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ template<class Ch> struct from_chars_result
 {
     Ch const* ptr;
     from_chars_error ec;
+
+    constexpr explicit operator bool() const noexcept;
 };
 
 template<class Ch>
@@ -233,6 +235,17 @@ std::string s1 = to_string( u );
 std::wstring s2 = to_wstring( u );
 ```
 
+=== from_chars_result
+
+The `from_chars_result` structure contains the result of a `from_chars` call, where the `ptr` member points to the first character that was
+not consumed during parsing and `ec` is `from_chars_error::none`, if parsing succeeded, otherwise the error code returned by the parser.
+
+```
+constexpr explicit operator bool() const noexcept;
+```
+
+Returns: :: `this->ec == from_chars_error::none`.
+
 === from_chars
 
 ```
diff --git a/include/boost/uuid/detail/from_chars.hpp b/include/boost/uuid/detail/from_chars.hpp
index d8d2f53..e3b039c 100644
--- a/include/boost/uuid/detail/from_chars.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/uuid/detail/from_chars.hpp
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ template<class Ch> struct from_chars_result
 {
     Ch const* ptr;
     from_chars_error ec;
+
+    constexpr explicit operator bool() const noexcept { return ec == from_chars_error::none; }
 };
 
 template<class Ch>
diff --git a/test/test_from_chars.cpp b/test/test_from_chars.cpp
index b7b2812..5b333a9 100644
--- a/test/test_from_chars.cpp
+++ b/test/test_from_chars.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ template<class Ch> void test( uuid const& expected, Ch const* str )
 
     BOOST_TEST( r.ec == from_chars_error::none );
     BOOST_TEST_EQ( static_cast<int>( r.ec ), 0 );
+    BOOST_TEST( static_cast<bool>( r ) );
+    BOOST_TEST( !!r );
 
     BOOST_TEST_EQ( u, expected );
 }
diff --git a/test/test_from_chars_2.cpp b/test/test_from_chars_2.cpp
index 29a745a..d07d7a4 100644
--- a/test/test_from_chars_2.cpp
+++ b/test/test_from_chars_2.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ template<class Ch> void test( Ch const* str, int pos, from_chars_error err )
 
     BOOST_TEST( r.ec == err );
     BOOST_TEST_EQ( static_cast<int>( r.ec ), static_cast<int>( err ) );
+    BOOST_TEST_EQ( static_cast<bool>( r ), ( err == from_chars_error::none ) );
 }
 
 int main()