diff --git a/codex/rest/api.nim b/codex/rest/api.nim
index 7c7dcd34..0d9e5d80 100644
--- a/codex/rest/api.nim
+++ b/codex/rest/api.nim
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ proc initDataApi(node: CodexNodeRef, repoStore: RepoStore, router: var RestRoute
     cid: Cid, resp: HttpResponseRef
   ) -> RestApiResponse:
     ## Deletes either a single block or an entire dataset
-    ## from the local node. Does nothing and returns 200
+    ## from the local node. Does nothing and returns 204
     ## if the dataset is not locally available.
     ##
     var headers = buildCorsHeaders("DELETE", allowedOrigin)
diff --git a/openapi.yaml b/openapi.yaml
index 0c3ca9fe..23c5ead8 100644
--- a/openapi.yaml
+++ b/openapi.yaml
@@ -627,6 +627,26 @@ paths:
         "500":
           description: Well it was bad-bad
 
+    delete:
+      summary: "Deletes either a single block or an entire dataset from the local node."
+      tags: [Data]
+      operationId: deleteLocal
+      parameters:
+        - in: path
+          name: cid
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            $ref: "#/components/schemas/Cid"
+          description: Block or dataset to be deleted.
+
+      responses:
+        "204":
+          description: Data was successfully deleted.
+        "400":
+          description: Invalid CID is specified
+        "500":
+          description: There was an error during deletion
+
   "/data/{cid}/network":
     post:
       summary: "Download a file from the network to the local node if it's not available locally. Note: Download is performed async. Call can return before download is completed."