diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index 6edd3f5..fb6a851 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -2755,13 +2755,14 @@
 
 delete({fname} [, {flags}])					*delete()*
 		Without {flags} or with {flags} empty: Deletes the file by the
-		name {fname}.
+		name {fname}.  This also works when {fname} is a symbolic link.
 
 		When {flags} is "d": Deletes the directory by the name
-		{fname}.  This fails when {fname} is not empty.
+		{fname}.  This fails when directory {fname} is not empty.
 		
 		When {flags} is "rf": Deletes the directory by the name
-		{fname} and everything in it, recursively.  Be careful!
+		{fname} and everything in it, recursively.  BE CAREFUL!
+		A symbolic link itself is deleted, not what it points to.
 		
 		The result is a Number, which is 0 if the delete operation was
 		successful and -1 when the deletion failed or partly failed.