diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/branches_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/branches_controller.rb
index dd6df5d196b..9f50660a5ad 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/branches_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/branches_controller.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class Projects::BranchesController < Projects::ApplicationController
   def create
     result = CreateBranchService.new(project, current_user).
         execute(params[:branch_name], params[:ref])
+
     if result[:status] == :success
       @branch = result[:branch]
       redirect_to project_tree_path(@project, @branch.name)
diff --git a/doc/api/branches.md b/doc/api/branches.md
index 74386615545..319f0b47386 100644
--- a/doc/api/branches.md
+++ b/doc/api/branches.md
@@ -211,3 +211,11 @@ Parameters:
 
 It return 200 if succeed, 404 if the branch to be deleted does not exist
 or 400 for other reasons. In case of an error, an explaining message is provided.
+
+Success response: 
+
+```json
+{
+  "branch_name": "my-removed-branch"
+}
+```
diff --git a/lib/api/branches.rb b/lib/api/branches.rb
index 14f8b20f6b2..6ec1a753a69 100644
--- a/lib/api/branches.rb
+++ b/lib/api/branches.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ module API
         authorize_push_project
         result = CreateBranchService.new(user_project, current_user).
           execute(params[:branch_name], params[:ref])
+
         if result[:status] == :success
           present result[:branch],
                   with: Entities::RepoObject,
@@ -104,7 +105,9 @@ module API
           execute(params[:branch])
 
         if result[:status] == :success
-          true
+          {
+            branch_name: params[:branch]
+          }
         else
           render_api_error!(result[:message], result[:return_code])
         end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/branches_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/branches_spec.rb
index 8834a6cfa83..b45572c39fd 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/branches_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/branches_spec.rb
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
     it "should remove branch" do
       delete api("/projects/#{project.id}/repository/branches/#{branch_name}", user)
       response.status.should == 200
+      json_response['branch_name'].should == branch_name
     end
 
     it 'should return 404 if branch not exists' do