diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f496af585..93dfa33ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -873,8 +873,7 @@ Steps for restoring from a snapshot:
 Send a request to `http://<victoriametrics-addr>:8428/api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series?match[]=<timeseries_selector_for_delete>`,
 where `<timeseries_selector_for_delete>` may contain any [time series selector](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/basics/#time-series-selectors)
 for metrics to delete. Delete API doesn't support the deletion of specific time ranges, the series can only be deleted completely. 
-After using the API all the time series matching the given selector will be deleted.
-Storage space for the deleted time series isn't freed instantly - it is freed during subsequent 
+Storage space for the deleted time series isn't freed instantly - it is freed during subsequent
 [background merges of data files](https://medium.com/@valyala/how-victoriametrics-makes-instant-snapshots-for-multi-terabyte-time-series-data-e1f3fb0e0282).
 
 Note that background merges may never occur for data from previous months, so storage space won't be freed for historical data.
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index f857a6506..56ad5a7b4 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -874,7 +874,6 @@ Steps for restoring from a snapshot:
 Send a request to `http://<victoriametrics-addr>:8428/api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series?match[]=<timeseries_selector_for_delete>`,
 where `<timeseries_selector_for_delete>` may contain any [time series selector](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/basics/#time-series-selectors)
 for metrics to delete. Delete API doesn't support the deletion of specific time ranges, the series can only be deleted completely. 
-After using the API all the time series matching the given selector will be deleted.
 Storage space for the deleted time series isn't freed instantly - it is freed during subsequent
 [background merges of data files](https://medium.com/@valyala/how-victoriametrics-makes-instant-snapshots-for-multi-terabyte-time-series-data-e1f3fb0e0282).
 
diff --git a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md
index 6c8e0e833..34d79e1c3 100644
--- a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md
+++ b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md
@@ -876,8 +876,7 @@ Steps for restoring from a snapshot:
 
 Send a request to `http://<victoriametrics-addr>:8428/api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series?match[]=<timeseries_selector_for_delete>`,
 where `<timeseries_selector_for_delete>` may contain any [time series selector](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/basics/#time-series-selectors)
-for metrics to delete. Delete API doesn't support the deletion of specific time ranges, the series can only be deleted completely.
-After using the API all the time series matching the given selector will be deleted.
+for metrics to delete. Delete API doesn't support the deletion of specific time ranges, the series can only be deleted completely. 
 Storage space for the deleted time series isn't freed instantly - it is freed during subsequent
 [background merges of data files](https://medium.com/@valyala/how-victoriametrics-makes-instant-snapshots-for-multi-terabyte-time-series-data-e1f3fb0e0282).