diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 6ebc25e6d..f0bd07795 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ Changed
   rather than the current page.
 - New `taskadd` userscript to add a taskwarrior task annotated with the
   current URL.
+- `:bookmark-del` and `:quickmark-del` now delete the current page's URL if none
+  is given.
 
 Fixed
 -----
diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index acf7fbc09..422b87db8 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ Contributors, sorted by the number of commits in descending order:
 * Kevin Velghe
 * Austin Anderson
 * Jimmy
+* Marshall Lochbaum
 * Alexey "Averrin" Nabrodov
 * avk
 * ZDarian
diff --git a/doc/help/commands.asciidoc b/doc/help/commands.asciidoc
index 713b75d60..eea3f0d7f 100644
--- a/doc/help/commands.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/help/commands.asciidoc
@@ -128,12 +128,13 @@ If no url and title are provided, then save the current page as a bookmark. If a
 
 [[bookmark-del]]
 === bookmark-del
-Syntax: +:bookmark-del 'url'+
+Syntax: +:bookmark-del ['url']+
 
 Delete a bookmark.
 
 ==== positional arguments
-* +'url'+: The URL of the bookmark to delete.
+* +'url'+: The url of the bookmark to delete. If not given, use the current page's url.
+
 
 ==== note
 * This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally.
@@ -520,12 +521,14 @@ You can view all saved quickmarks on the link:qute://bookmarks[bookmarks page].
 
 [[quickmark-del]]
 === quickmark-del
-Syntax: +:quickmark-del 'name'+
+Syntax: +:quickmark-del ['name']+
 
 Delete a quickmark.
 
 ==== positional arguments
-* +'name'+: The name of the quickmark to delete.
+* +'name'+: The name of the quickmark to delete. If not given, delete the quickmark for the current page (choosing one arbitrarily
+ if there are more than one).
+
 
 ==== note
 * This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally.
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
index dba95fa8f..49eaa5dcb 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ class CommandDispatcher:
         """Delete a quickmark.
 
         Args:
-            name: The name of the quickmark to delete. If none, delete the
+            name: The name of the quickmark to delete. If not given, delete the
                   quickmark for the current page (choosing one arbitrarily
                   if there are more than one).
         """
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ class CommandDispatcher:
         """Delete a bookmark.
 
         Args:
-            url: The url of the bookmark to delete. If None, use the
+            url: The url of the bookmark to delete. If not given, use the
                  current page's url.
         """
         if url is None: