diff --git a/src/facade/reply_builder.cc b/src/facade/reply_builder.cc
index d398ecbf8f98..8d372c3c4244 100644
--- a/src/facade/reply_builder.cc
+++ b/src/facade/reply_builder.cc
@@ -283,6 +283,10 @@ void MCReplyBuilder::SendMiss() {
     SendSimpleString("EN");
 }
 
+void MCReplyBuilder::SendDeleted() {
+  SendSimpleString(flag_.meta ? "HD" : "DELETED");
+}
+
 void MCReplyBuilder::SendRaw(std::string_view str) {
   ReplyScope scope(this);
   WriteRef(str);
@@ -422,7 +426,7 @@ void RedisReplyBuilder::SendScoredArray(ScoredArray arr, bool with_scores) {
 
 void RedisReplyBuilder::SendLabeledScoredArray(std::string_view arr_label, ScoredArray arr) {
   ReplyScope scope(this);
-  
+
   StartArray(2);
 
   SendBulkString(arr_label);
@@ -432,7 +436,6 @@ void RedisReplyBuilder::SendLabeledScoredArray(std::string_view arr_label, Score
     SendBulkString(str);
     SendDouble(score);
   }
-  
 }
 
 void RedisReplyBuilder::SendStored() {
diff --git a/src/facade/reply_builder.h b/src/facade/reply_builder.h
index 8c2bf7ee38c6..8b6a5a1a3926 100644
--- a/src/facade/reply_builder.h
+++ b/src/facade/reply_builder.h
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ class MCReplyBuilder : public SinkReplyBuilder {
   void SendClientError(std::string_view str);
   void SendNotFound();
   void SendMiss();
+  void SendDeleted();
   void SendGetEnd();
 
   void SendValue(std::string_view key, std::string_view value, uint64_t mc_ver, uint32_t mc_flag);
diff --git a/src/server/generic_family.cc b/src/server/generic_family.cc
index 17725d1c79b5..efe4fea221c2 100644
--- a/src/server/generic_family.cc
+++ b/src/server/generic_family.cc
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ void DeleteGeneric(CmdArgList args, const CommandContext& cmd_cntx) {
     if (del_cnt == 0) {
       mc_builder->SendNotFound();
     } else {
-      mc_builder->SendSimpleString("DELETED");
+      mc_builder->SendDeleted();
     }
   } else {
     builder->SendLong(del_cnt);
diff --git a/tests/dragonfly/memcache_meta.py b/tests/dragonfly/memcache_meta.py
index 87bbd1fcf648..243339d319ea 100644
--- a/tests/dragonfly/memcache_meta.py
+++ b/tests/dragonfly/memcache_meta.py
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ def test_basic(df_server: DflyInstance):
     response = pool.meta_get(Key("key1"), flags=request_flags)
     assert isinstance(response, Success)
     assert pool.get("key2") is None
+    assert pool.delete("key1")
+    assert pool.delete("key1") is False