diff --git a/mongoengine/queryset/base.py b/mongoengine/queryset/base.py
index 376e3fab..85616c85 100644
--- a/mongoengine/queryset/base.py
+++ b/mongoengine/queryset/base.py
@@ -483,6 +483,10 @@ class BaseQuerySet(object):
 
         with set_write_concern(queryset._collection, write_concern) as collection:
             result = collection.delete_many(queryset._query)
+
+            # If we're using an unack'd write concern, we don't really know how
+            # many items have been deleted at this point, hence we only return
+            # the count for ack'd ops.
             if result.acknowledged:
                 return result.deleted_count
 
diff --git a/tests/queryset/queryset.py b/tests/queryset/queryset.py
index c58176b8..c86e4095 100644
--- a/tests/queryset/queryset.py
+++ b/tests/queryset/queryset.py
@@ -1858,7 +1858,11 @@ class QuerySetTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(1, BlogPost.objects.count())
 
     def test_delete_edge_case_with_write_concern_0_return_None(self):
-        """Return None when write is unacknowledged"""
+        """Return None if the delete operation is unacknowledged.
+
+        If we use an unack'd write concern, we don't really know how many
+        documents have been deleted.
+        """
         p1 = self.Person(name="User Z", age=20).save()
         del_result = p1.delete(w=0)
         self.assertEqual(None, del_result)