diff --git a/pygeoapi/provider/base.py b/pygeoapi/provider/base.py
index da61bae..6a5de38 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/provider/base.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/provider/base.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class BaseProvider:
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
     def delete(self, identifier):
-        """Updates an existing feature id with new_feature
+        """Deletes an existing feature
 
         :param identifier: feature id
         """
diff --git a/pygeoapi/provider/geojson.py b/pygeoapi/provider/geojson.py
index 04bfa17..6ee34b2 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/provider/geojson.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/provider/geojson.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class GeoJSONProvider(BaseProvider):
             dst.write(json.dumps(all_data))
 
     def delete(self, identifier):
-        """Updates an existing feature id with new_feature
+        """Deletes an existing feature
 
         :param identifier: feature id
         """
diff --git a/pygeoapi/provider/mongo.py b/pygeoapi/provider/mongo.py
index e883fbb..eea5e23 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/provider/mongo.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/provider/mongo.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class MongoProvider(BaseProvider):
             {'_id': ObjectId(identifier)}, {"$set": data})
 
     def delete(self, identifier):
-        """Delets an existing feature
+        """Deletes an existing feature
 
         :param identifier: feature id
         """