diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e66ea11..ccf3891 100644
--- a/README.md
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@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ db.count({}, function (err, count) {
 * `query` is the same kind of finding query you use with `find` and `findOne`
 * `update` specifies how the documents should be modified. It is either a new document or a set of modifiers (you cannot use both together, it doesn't make sense!)
   * A new document will replace the matched docs
-  * The modifiers create the fields they need to modify if they don't exist, and you can apply them to subdocs. Available field modifiers are `$set` to change a field's value and `$inc` to increment a field's value. To work on arrays, you have `$push`, `$pop`, `$addToSet`, and the special `$each`. See examples below for the syntax.
+  * The modifiers create the fields they need to modify if they don't exist, and you can apply them to subdocs. Available field modifiers are `$set` to change a field's value, `$unset` to delete a field and `$inc` to increment a field's value. To work on arrays, you have `$push`, `$pop`, `$addToSet`, and the special `$each`. See examples below for the syntax.
 * `options` is an object with two possible parameters
   * `multi` (defaults to `false`) which allows the modification of several documents if set to true
   * `upsert` (defaults to `false`) if you want to insert a new document corresponding to the `update` rules if your `query` doesn't match anything
@@ -310,6 +310,12 @@ db.update({ planet: 'Mars' }, { $set: { "data.satellites": 2, "data.red": true }
   });
 });
 
+// Deleting a field
+db.update({ planet: 'Mars' }, { $unset: { planet: true } }, {}, function () {
+  // Now the document for Mars doesn't contain the planet field
+  // You can unset nested fields with the dot notation of course
+});
+
 // Upserting a document
 db.update({ planet: 'Pluton' }, { planet: 'Pluton', inhabited: false }, { upsert: true }, function (err, numReplaced, upsert) {
   // numReplaced = 1, upsert = true