diff --git a/doc/api/resources/orders.rst b/doc/api/resources/orders.rst
index 063a24f47d..8bd118d011 100644
--- a/doc/api/resources/orders.rst
+++ b/doc/api/resources/orders.rst
@@ -1765,34 +1765,6 @@ Manipulating individual positions
    :statuscode 401: Authentication failure
    :statuscode 403: The requested organizer/event does not exist **or** you have no permission to update this order.
 
-.. http:delete:: /api/v1/organizers/(organizer)/events/(event)/orderpositions/(id)/
-
-   Deletes an order position, identified by its internal ID.
-
-   **Example request**:
-
-   .. sourcecode:: http
-
-      DELETE /api/v1/organizers/bigevents/events/sampleconf/orderpositions/23442/ HTTP/1.1
-      Host: pretix.eu
-      Accept: application/json, text/javascript
-
-   **Example response**:
-
-   .. sourcecode:: http
-
-      HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
-      Vary: Accept
-
-   :param organizer: The ``slug`` field of the organizer to fetch
-   :param event: The ``slug`` field of the event to fetch
-   :param id: The ``id`` field of the order position to delete
-   :statuscode 204: no error
-   :statuscode 400: This position cannot be deleted (e.g. last position in order)
-   :statuscode 401: Authentication failure
-   :statuscode 403: The requested organizer/event does not exist **or** you have no permission to view this resource.
-   :statuscode 404: The requested order position does not exist.
-
 .. http:post:: /api/v1/organizers/(organizer)/events/(event)/orderpositions/
 
    Adds a new position to an order. Currently, only the following fields are supported:
@@ -1869,7 +1841,7 @@ Manipulating individual positions
 
 .. http:delete:: /api/v1/organizers/(organizer)/events/(event)/orderpositions/(id)/
 
-   Deletes an order position, identified by its internal ID.
+   Cancels an order position, identified by its internal ID.
 
    **Example request**: