diff --git a/doc_src/cmds/bind.rst b/doc_src/cmds/bind.rst
index c8b1635f9..d8bee0fc8 100644
--- a/doc_src/cmds/bind.rst
+++ b/doc_src/cmds/bind.rst
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ The following special input functions are available:
 ``history-pager``
     invoke the searchable pager on history (incremental search); or if the history pager is already active, search further backwards in time.
 
-``history-pager-delete``
+``history-delete``
     permanently delete the current history item, either from the history pager or from an active up-arrow history search
 
 ``history-search-backward``
diff --git a/share/functions/__fish_shared_key_bindings.fish b/share/functions/__fish_shared_key_bindings.fish
index c077deb05..1cea64246 100644
--- a/share/functions/__fish_shared_key_bindings.fish
+++ b/share/functions/__fish_shared_key_bindings.fish
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ function __fish_shared_key_bindings -d "Bindings shared between emacs and vi mod
     # shift-tab does a tab complete followed by a search.
     bind --preset $argv shift-tab complete-and-search
     $legacy_bind --preset $argv -k btab complete-and-search
-    bind --preset $argv shift-delete history-pager-delete or backward-delete-char
-    $legacy_bind --preset $argv -k sdc history-pager-delete or backward-delete-char
+    bind --preset $argv shift-delete history-delete or backward-delete-char
+    $legacy_bind --preset $argv -k sdc history-delete or backward-delete-char
 
     bind --preset $argv down down-or-search
     $legacy_bind --preset $argv -k down down-or-search
diff --git a/src/input.rs b/src/input.rs
index 9731f68ca..4e2815539 100644
--- a/src/input.rs
+++ b/src/input.rs
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ const fn make_md(name: &'static wstr, code: ReadlineCmd) -> InputFunctionMetadat
     make_md(L!("forward-single-char"), ReadlineCmd::ForwardSingleChar),
     make_md(L!("forward-token"), ReadlineCmd::ForwardToken),
     make_md(L!("forward-word"), ReadlineCmd::ForwardWord),
+    make_md(L!("history-delete"), ReadlineCmd::HistoryDelete),
     make_md(L!("history-pager"), ReadlineCmd::HistoryPager),
+    #[allow(deprecated)]
     make_md(L!("history-pager-delete"), ReadlineCmd::HistoryPagerDelete),
     make_md(L!("history-prefix-search-backward"), ReadlineCmd::HistoryPrefixSearchBackward),
     make_md(L!("history-prefix-search-forward"), ReadlineCmd::HistoryPrefixSearchForward),
diff --git a/src/input_common.rs b/src/input_common.rs
index 6cae42301..07ceaea15 100644
--- a/src/input_common.rs
+++ b/src/input_common.rs
@@ -58,11 +58,13 @@ pub enum ReadlineCmd {
     BackwardToken,
     NextdOrForwardWord,
     PrevdOrBackwardWord,
+    HistoryDelete,
     HistorySearchBackward,
     HistorySearchForward,
     HistoryPrefixSearchBackward,
     HistoryPrefixSearchForward,
     HistoryPager,
+    #[deprecated]
     HistoryPagerDelete,
     DeleteChar,
     BackwardDeleteChar,
diff --git a/src/reader.rs b/src/reader.rs
index e42ad1383..bb0a4263c 100644
--- a/src/reader.rs
+++ b/src/reader.rs
@@ -2971,7 +2971,8 @@ fn handle_readline_command(&mut self, c: ReadlineCmd) {
                 };
                 self.insert_string(EditableLineTag::SearchField, &search_string);
             }
-            rl::HistoryPagerDelete => {
+            #[allow(deprecated)]
+            rl::HistoryDelete | rl::HistoryPagerDelete => {
                 // Also applies to ordinary history search.
                 let is_history_search = !self.history_search.is_at_end();
                 let is_autosuggestion = self.is_at_autosuggestion();
@@ -5470,6 +5471,7 @@ fn command_ends_paging(c: ReadlineCmd, focused_on_search_field: bool) -> bool {
 fn command_ends_history_search(c: ReadlineCmd) -> bool {
     #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
     type rl = ReadlineCmd;
+    #[allow(deprecated)]
     !matches!(
         c,
         rl::HistoryPrefixSearchBackward
@@ -5478,6 +5480,7 @@ fn command_ends_history_search(c: ReadlineCmd) -> bool {
             | rl::HistorySearchForward
             | rl::HistoryTokenSearchBackward
             | rl::HistoryTokenSearchForward
+            | rl::HistoryDelete
             | rl::HistoryPagerDelete
             | rl::BeginningOfHistory
             | rl::EndOfHistory
diff --git a/tests/checks/tmux-history-search.fish b/tests/checks/tmux-history-search.fish
index b9ae96900..030346f5c 100644
--- a/tests/checks/tmux-history-search.fish
+++ b/tests/checks/tmux-history-search.fish
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 # disable on github actions because it's flakey
 #REQUIRES: test -z "$CI"
 
-# The default history-pager-delete binding is shift-delete which
+# The default history-delete binding is shift-delete which
 # won't work on terminals that don't support CSI u, so rebind.
 set -g isolated_tmux_fish_extra_args -C '
     set -g fish_autosuggestion_enabled 0
-    bind alt-d history-pager-delete or backward-delete-char
+    bind alt-d history-delete or backward-delete-char
 '
 isolated-tmux-start