diff --git a/kv/client.go b/kv/client.go
index 0599f6702..7a00e3166 100644
--- a/kv/client.go
+++ b/kv/client.go
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ func (cfg *Config) RegisterFlagsWithPrefix(flagsPrefix, defaultPrefix string, f
 
 // Client is a high-level client for key-value stores (such as Etcd and
 // Consul) that exposes operations such as CAS and Watch which take callbacks.
-// It also deals with serialisation by using a Codec and having a instance of
-// the the desired type passed in to methods ala json.Unmarshal.
+// It also deals with serialisation by using a Codec and having an instance of
+// the desired type passed in to methods ala json.Unmarshal.
 type Client interface {
 	// List returns a list of keys under the given prefix. Returned keys will
 	// include the prefix.
diff --git a/kv/memberlist/memberlist_client.go b/kv/memberlist/memberlist_client.go
index e8a94debe..6fc484ccd 100644
--- a/kv/memberlist/memberlist_client.go
+++ b/kv/memberlist/memberlist_client.go
@@ -72,8 +72,14 @@ func (c *Client) Get(ctx context.Context, key string) (interface{}, error) {
 }
 
 // Delete is part of kv.Client interface.
-func (c *Client) Delete(_ context.Context, _ string) error {
-	return errors.New("memberlist does not support Delete")
+func (c *Client) Delete(ctx context.Context, key string) error {
+	// delete item from kv store
+
+	err := c.awaitKVRunningOrStopping(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return c.kv.Delete(ctx, c.codec, key)
 }
 
 // CAS is part of kv.Client interface
@@ -307,7 +313,7 @@ type Message struct {
 	Changes []string // List of changes in this message (as computed by *this* node).
 }
 
-// ValueDesc stores the value along with it's codec and local version.
+// ValueDesc stores the value along with its codec and local version.
 type ValueDesc struct {
 	// We store the decoded value here to prevent decoding the entire state for every
 	// update we receive. Whilst the updates are small and fast to decode,
@@ -1483,6 +1489,12 @@ func (m *KV) deleteSentReceivedMessages() {
 	m.receivedMessagesSize = 0
 }
 
+func (m *KV) Delete(ctx context.Context, codec codec.Codec, key string) error {
+	return m.CAS(ctx, key, codec, func(in interface{}) (out interface{}, retry bool, err error) {
+		return nil, true, nil
+	})
+}
+
 func addMessageToBuffer(msgs []Message, size int, limit int, msg Message) ([]Message, int) {
 	msgs = append(msgs, msg)
 	size += msg.Size
diff --git a/kv/memberlist/tcp_transport.go b/kv/memberlist/tcp_transport.go
index 751ad1163..d9c1f36c7 100644
--- a/kv/memberlist/tcp_transport.go
+++ b/kv/memberlist/tcp_transport.go
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ func (t *TCPTransport) GetAutoBindPort() int {
 // FinalAdvertiseAddr is given the user's configured values (which
 // might be empty) and returns the desired IP and port to advertise to
 // the rest of the cluster.
-// (Copied from memberlist' net_transport.go)
+// (Copied from memberlist's net_transport.go)
 func (t *TCPTransport) FinalAdvertiseAddr(ip string, port int) (net.IP, int, error) {
 	var advertiseAddr net.IP
 	var advertisePort int