diff --git a/lib/reline/line_editor.rb b/lib/reline/line_editor.rb
index 12a2bde234..870b89b550 100644
--- a/lib/reline/line_editor.rb
+++ b/lib/reline/line_editor.rb
@@ -1291,10 +1291,32 @@ class Reline::LineEditor
 
   def delete_text(start = nil, length = nil)
     if start.nil? and length.nil?
-      @line&.clear
-      @byte_pointer = 0
-      @cursor = 0
-      @cursor_max = 0
+      if @is_multiline
+        if @buffer_of_lines.size == 1
+          @line&.clear
+          @byte_pointer = 0
+          @cursor = 0
+          @cursor_max = 0
+        elsif @line_index == (@buffer_of_lines.size - 1) and @line_index > 0
+          @buffer_of_lines.pop
+          @line_index -= 1
+          @line = @buffer_of_lines[@line_index]
+          @byte_pointer = 0
+          @cursor = 0
+          @cursor_max = calculate_width(@line)
+        elsif @line_index < (@buffer_of_lines.size - 1)
+          @buffer_of_lines.delete_at(@line_index)
+          @line = @buffer_of_lines[@line_index]
+          @byte_pointer = 0
+          @cursor = 0
+          @cursor_max = calculate_width(@line)
+        end
+      else
+        @line&.clear
+        @byte_pointer = 0
+        @cursor = 0
+        @cursor_max = 0
+      end
     elsif not start.nil? and not length.nil?
       if @line
         before = @line.byteslice(0, start)
diff --git a/test/reline/test_within_pipe.rb b/test/reline/test_within_pipe.rb
index 4a46c9c9f1..36a2f1e805 100644
--- a/test/reline/test_within_pipe.rb
+++ b/test/reline/test_within_pipe.rb
@@ -59,4 +59,17 @@ class Reline::WithinPipeTest < Reline::TestCase
     @writer.write("abcde\C-b\C-b\C-b\C-x\C-d\C-x\C-h\C-x\C-v\C-a\C-f\C-f EF\C-x\C-t gh\C-x\M-t\C-b\C-b\C-b\C-b\C-b\C-b\C-b\C-b\C-x\M-u\C-x\M-l\C-x\M-c\n")
     assert_equal "a\C-aDE gh Fe", Reline.readmultiline(&proc{ true })
   end
+
+  def test_delete_text_in_multiline
+    @writer.write("abc\ndef\nxyz\n")
+    result = Reline.readmultiline(&proc{ |str|
+      if str.include?('xyz')
+        Reline.delete_text
+        true
+      else
+        false
+      end
+    })
+    assert_equal "abc\ndef", result
+  end
 end