diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 3aa38097e6350a02c50873d5c670e108003fab22..9e207136649421bd1ff211a137769b2eccf813ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -264,10 +264,10 @@ With '\--pretty' format other than oneline (for obvious reasons),
 this causes the output to have two extra lines of information
 taken from the reflog.  By default, 'commit@\{Nth}' notation is
 used in the output.  When the starting commit is specified as
-'commit@{now}', output also uses 'commit@\{timestamp}' notation
+'commit@\{now}', output also uses 'commit@\{timestamp}' notation
 instead.  Under '\--pretty=oneline', the commit message is
 prefixed with this information on the same line.
-
++
 Cannot be combined with '\--reverse'.
 See also linkgit:git-reflog[1].
 
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index f4216899427ab2a24f92dd20da9b43c01c9ef11b..e99921108e20f50e4c3f5d0e4beec37fbdf648f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -2825,8 +2825,8 @@ You can also add a "+" to force the update each time:
 $ git config remote.example.fetch +master:ref/remotes/example/master
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-Don't do this unless you're sure you won't mind "git-fetch" possibly
-throwing away commits on mybranch.
+Don't do this unless you're sure you won't mind "git fetch" possibly
+throwing away commits on 'example/master'.
 
 Also note that all of the above configuration can be performed by
 directly editing the file .git/config instead of using
diff --git a/builtin-reflog.c b/builtin-reflog.c
index 0c34e378199064e87aa09caf0fa0a2346333ec69..196fa03b7fac795475a0e12f0fa3b443cb34bd1d 100644
--- a/builtin-reflog.c
+++ b/builtin-reflog.c
@@ -604,8 +604,8 @@ static int cmd_reflog_delete(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (!dwim_ref(argv[i], spec - argv[i], sha1, &ref)) {
-			status |= error("%s points nowhere!", argv[i]);
+		if (!dwim_log(argv[i], spec - argv[i], sha1, &ref)) {
+			status |= error("no reflog for '%s'", argv[i]);
 			continue;
 		}
 
diff --git a/t/t1410-reflog.sh b/t/t1410-reflog.sh
index 73f830db2374e751fb46e25b345e860979b9dd05..5b24f05573221afb3dc472e78a443ba718db3c60 100755
--- a/t/t1410-reflog.sh
+++ b/t/t1410-reflog.sh
@@ -188,16 +188,30 @@ test_expect_success 'delete' '
 	test_tick &&
 	git commit -m tiger C &&
 
-	test 5 = $(git reflog | wc -l) &&
+	HEAD_entry_count=$(git reflog | wc -l)
+	master_entry_count=$(git reflog show master | wc -l)
+
+	test $HEAD_entry_count = 5 &&
+	test $master_entry_count = 5 &&
+
 
 	git reflog delete master@{1} &&
 	git reflog show master > output &&
-	test 4 = $(wc -l < output) &&
+	test $(($master_entry_count - 1)) = $(wc -l < output) &&
+	test $HEAD_entry_count = $(git reflog | wc -l) &&
 	! grep ox < output &&
 
+	master_entry_count=$(wc -l < output)
+
+	git reflog delete HEAD@{1} &&
+	test $(($HEAD_entry_count -1)) = $(git reflog | wc -l) &&
+	test $master_entry_count = $(git reflog show master | wc -l) &&
+
+	HEAD_entry_count=$(git reflog | wc -l)
+
 	git reflog delete master@{07.04.2005.15:15:00.-0700} &&
 	git reflog show master > output &&
-	test 3 = $(wc -l < output) &&
+	test $(($master_entry_count - 1)) = $(wc -l < output) &&
 	! grep dragon < output
 
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