diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 3a72132ab..47b0398c0 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ New features:
   all front images instead of blindly selecting the first one.
 * ``beet remove`` now also allows interactive selection of items from the query
   similar to ``beet modify``
+* :doc:`/plugins/web`: add DELETE and PATCH methods for modifying items
 
 Fixes:
 
diff --git a/docs/plugins/web.rst b/docs/plugins/web.rst
index 85de48dd4..4b069a944 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/web.rst
+++ b/docs/plugins/web.rst
@@ -183,6 +183,25 @@ representation. ::
 If there is no item with that id responds with a *404* status
 code.
 
+``DELETE /item/6``
+++++++++++++++++++
+
+Removes the item with id *6* from the beets library. If the *?delete* query string is included,
+the matching file will be deleted from disk.
+
+``PATCH /item/6``
+++++++++++++++++++
+
+Updates the item with id *6* and write the changes to the music file. The body should be a JSON object
+containing the changes to the object.
+
+Returns the updated JSON representation. ::
+
+    {
+      "id": 6,
+      "title": "A Song",
+      ...
+    }
 
 ``GET /item/6,12,13``
 +++++++++++++++++++++
@@ -192,6 +211,8 @@ the response is the same as for `GET /item/`_. It is *not guaranteed* that the
 response includes all the items requested. If a track is not found it is silently
 dropped from the response.
 
+This endpoint also supports *DELETE* and *PATCH* methods as above, to operate on all
+items of the list.
 
 ``GET /item/path/...``
 ++++++++++++++++++++++
@@ -221,6 +242,8 @@ Path elements are joined as parts of a query. For example,
 To specify literal path separators in a query, use a backslash instead of a
 slash.
 
+This endpoint also supports *DELETE* and *PATCH* methods as above, to operate on all
+items returned by the query.
 
 ``GET /item/6/file``
 ++++++++++++++++++++
@@ -238,10 +261,16 @@ For albums, the following endpoints are provided:
 
 * ``GET /album/5``
 
+* ``DELETE /album/5``
+
 * ``GET /album/5,7``
 
+* ``DELETE /album/5,7``
+
 * ``GET /album/query/querystring``
 
+* ``DELETE /album/query/querystring``
+
 The interface and response format is similar to the item API, except replacing
 the encapsulation key ``"items"`` with ``"albums"`` when requesting ``/album/``
 or ``/album/5,7``. In addition we can request the cover art of an album with