diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/doc/Delete.md b/pkg/yqlib/doc/Delete.md
index 4f214f79..8842b091 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/doc/Delete.md
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/doc/Delete.md
@@ -95,3 +95,23 @@ will output
 b: dog
 ```
 
+## Recursively delete matching keys
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+a:
+  name: frog
+  b:
+    name: blog
+    age: 12
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq eval 'del(.. | select(has("name")).name)' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+a:
+  b:
+    age: 12
+```
+
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/doc/Recursive Descent.md b/pkg/yqlib/doc/Recursive Descent.md
index ec3c585e..865306ec 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/doc/Recursive Descent.md	
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/doc/Recursive Descent.md	
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This operator recursively matches all children nodes given of a particular element, including that node itself. This is most often used to apply a filter recursively against all matches. It can be used in either the 
+This operator recursively matches (or globs) all children nodes given of a particular element, including that node itself. This is most often used to apply a filter recursively against all matches. It can be used in either the 
 
 ## match values form `..`
 This will, like the `jq` equivalent, recursively match all _value_ nodes. Use it to find/manipulate particular values.
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/doc/headers/Recursive Descent.md b/pkg/yqlib/doc/headers/Recursive Descent.md
index 7f688729..10bb6096 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/doc/headers/Recursive Descent.md	
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/doc/headers/Recursive Descent.md	
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This operator recursively matches all children nodes given of a particular element, including that node itself. This is most often used to apply a filter recursively against all matches. It can be used in either the 
+This operator recursively matches (or globs) all children nodes given of a particular element, including that node itself. This is most often used to apply a filter recursively against all matches. It can be used in either the 
 
 ## match values form `..`
 This will, like the `jq` equivalent, recursively match all _value_ nodes. Use it to find/manipulate particular values.
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/operator_delete_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/operator_delete_test.go
index 54b4c020..f7fe831c 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/operator_delete_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/operator_delete_test.go
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ var deleteOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 			"D0, P[], (doc)::{b: dog}\n",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		description: "Recursively delete matching keys",
+		document:    `{a: {name: frog, b: {name: blog, age: 12}}}`,
+		expression:  `del(.. | select(has("name")).name)`,
+		expected: []string{
+			"D0, P[], (!!map)::{a: {b: {age: 12}}}\n",
+		},
+	},
 }
 
 func TestDeleteOperatorScenarios(t *testing.T) {