diff --git a/frappe/__init__.py b/frappe/__init__.py
index b10706bee9..3f67735c35 100644
--- a/frappe/__init__.py
+++ b/frappe/__init__.py
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ def get_meta_module(doctype):
 	return frappe.modules.load_doctype_module(doctype)
 
 def delete_doc(doctype=None, name=None, force=0, ignore_doctypes=None, for_reload=False,
-	ignore_permissions=False, flags=None):
+	ignore_permissions=False, flags=None, ignore_on_trash=False, ignore_missing=True):
 	"""Delete a document. Calls `frappe.model.delete_doc.delete_doc`.
 
 	:param doctype: DocType of document to be delete.
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ def delete_doc(doctype=None, name=None, force=0, ignore_doctypes=None, for_reloa
 	:param ignore_permissions: Ignore user permissions."""
 	import frappe.model.delete_doc
 	frappe.model.delete_doc.delete_doc(doctype, name, force, ignore_doctypes, for_reload,
-		ignore_permissions, flags)
+		ignore_permissions, flags, ignore_on_trash, ignore_missing)
 
 def delete_doc_if_exists(doctype, name, force=0):
 	"""Delete document if exists."""
diff --git a/frappe/api.py b/frappe/api.py
index f99afb7a4f..1bb2a4a581 100644
--- a/frappe/api.py
+++ b/frappe/api.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def handle():
 
 				if frappe.local.request.method=="DELETE":
 					# Not checking permissions here because it's checked in delete_doc
-					frappe.delete_doc(doctype, name)
+					frappe.delete_doc(doctype, name, ignore_missing=False)
 					frappe.local.response.http_status_code = 202
 					frappe.local.response.message = "ok"
 					frappe.db.commit()
diff --git a/frappe/client.py b/frappe/client.py
index f257f6abbe..0a02739928 100644
--- a/frappe/client.py
+++ b/frappe/client.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def delete(doctype, name):
 
 	:param doctype: DocType of the document to be deleted
 	:param name: name of the document to be deleted'''
-	frappe.delete_doc(doctype, name)
+	frappe.delete_doc(doctype, name, ignore_missing=False)
 
 @frappe.whitelist()
 def set_default(key, value, parent=None):
diff --git a/frappe/model/delete_doc.py b/frappe/model/delete_doc.py
index 802a2c665c..1f0d894f97 100644
--- a/frappe/model/delete_doc.py
+++ b/frappe/model/delete_doc.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from frappe.utils.global_search import delete_for_document
 from six import string_types
 
 def delete_doc(doctype=None, name=None, force=0, ignore_doctypes=None, for_reload=False,
-	ignore_permissions=False, flags=None, ignore_on_trash=False):
+	ignore_permissions=False, flags=None, ignore_on_trash=False, ignore_missing=True):
 	"""
 		Deletes a doc(dt, dn) and validates if it is not submitted and not linked in a live record
 	"""
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ def delete_doc(doctype=None, name=None, force=0, ignore_doctypes=None, for_reloa
 
 		# already deleted..?
 		if not frappe.db.exists(doctype, name):
-			return
+			if not ignore_missing:
+				raise frappe.DoesNotExistError
+			else:
+				return False
 
 		# delete passwords
 		delete_all_passwords_for(doctype, name)
diff --git a/frappe/tests/test_client.py b/frappe/tests/test_client.py
index a98a71cbc0..f524e58579 100644
--- a/frappe/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/frappe/tests/test_client.py
@@ -13,3 +13,11 @@ class TestClient(unittest.TestCase):
 		frappe.set_value('ToDo', todo.name, {'description': 'test 2'})
 		self.assertEquals(frappe.get_value('ToDo', todo.name, 'description'), 'test 2')
 
+	def test_delete(self):
+		from frappe.client import delete
+
+		todo = frappe.get_doc(dict(doctype='ToDo', description='description')).insert()
+		delete("ToDo", todo.name)
+
+		self.assertFalse(frappe.db.exists("ToDo", todo.name))
+		self.assertRaises(frappe.DoesNotExistError, delete, "ToDo", todo.name)