diff --git a/Administrating-wildduck-via-command-line.md b/Administrating-wildduck-via-command-line.md
index 1beed75..a2a7787 100644
--- a/Administrating-wildduck-via-command-line.md
+++ b/Administrating-wildduck-via-command-line.md
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Function snippet to be saved in :~/.wildduck.commands`:
 wduck-message-delete() {
   URL=$1
   echo "Delete(format: /users/USERID/mailboxes/MAILBOXID/messages/UID) message: $URL"
-  curl -i http://localhost:8080$URL
+  curl -i -XDELETE http://localhost:8080$URL
 }
 ```
 Use it like: