@var{filename} is a symbolic link, @code{delete-file} deletes only the
symbolic link and not its target.
-A suitable kind of @code{file-error} error is signaled if the file
-does not exist, or is not deletable. (On GNU and other POSIX-like
-systems, a file is deletable if its directory is writable.)
+A suitable kind of @code{file-error} error is signaled is not
+deletable. (On GNU and other POSIX-like systems, a file is deletable
+if its directory is writable.) No error is signaled if the file does
+not exist.
If the optional argument @var{trash} is non-@code{nil} and the
variable @code{delete-by-moving-to-trash} is non-@code{nil}, this