diff --git a/script-reference/statements.rst b/script-reference/statements.rst
index 2ea9fb690..c4b2bf6ab 100644
--- a/script-reference/statements.rst
+++ b/script-reference/statements.rst
@@ -621,6 +621,18 @@ Example:
     # In this example, "b" must have the "&optional" attribute
     delete myrec$b;
 
+.. versionadded:: 7.0
+
+The ``delete`` statement can also be used to remove all elements from
+a :zeek:type:`set`, :zeek:type:`table` or :zeek:type:`vector`.
+
+Example:
+
+.. code-block:: zeek
+
+    local myset = set("this", "test");
+    delete myset;
+
 
 .. zeek:keyword:: event
 
diff --git a/script-reference/types.rst b/script-reference/types.rst
index febcb75d3..3096ba98d 100644
--- a/script-reference/types.rst
+++ b/script-reference/types.rst
@@ -1073,6 +1073,14 @@ Remove individual table elements with :zeek:keyword:`delete`:
 Nothing happens if the element with index value ``13`` isn't present in
 the table.
 
+.. versionadded:: 7.0
+
+Removing all table elements can be done with the :zeek:keyword:`delete`, too:
+
+.. code-block:: zeek
+
+    delete t;
+
 .. note::
 
    Indexing with complex types (such as records or sets) happens via hashing of
@@ -1256,6 +1264,15 @@ Elements are removed with :zeek:keyword:`delete`:
 
     delete s[21/tcp];
 
+.. versionadded:: 7.0
+
+Removing all set elements can be done with the :zeek:keyword:`delete`, too:
+
+.. code-block:: zeek
+
+    delete s;
+
+
 Nothing happens if the element with value ``21/tcp`` isn't present in
 the set.
 
@@ -1424,6 +1441,11 @@ false.
 See the :zeek:keyword:`for` statement for info on how to iterate over
 the elements in a vector.
 
+.. versionadded:: 7.0
+
+The :zeek:keyword:`delete` statement can be used to delete all elements
+from a vector.
+
 Vectorized operations
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^