diff --git a/src/main/java/org/rundeck/api/RundeckClient.java b/src/main/java/org/rundeck/api/RundeckClient.java
index 8462dba..bc23457 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/rundeck/api/RundeckClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/rundeck/api/RundeckClient.java
@@ -1039,7 +1039,8 @@ public class RundeckClient implements Serializable {
     public String deleteJob(String jobId) throws RundeckApiException, RundeckApiLoginException,
             RundeckApiTokenException, IllegalArgumentException {
         AssertUtil.notBlank(jobId, "jobId is mandatory to delete a job !");
-        return new ApiCall(this).delete(new ApiPathBuilder("/job/", jobId), new StringParser(rootXpath()+"/success/message"));
+        new ApiCall(this).delete(new ApiPathBuilder("/job/", jobId));
+        return "Job " + jobId + " was deleted successfully";
     }
     /**
      * Delete multiple jobs, identified by the given IDs
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/rundeck/api/RundeckClientTest.java b/src/test/java/org/rundeck/api/RundeckClientTest.java
index fb01b80..5dc6d59 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/rundeck/api/RundeckClientTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/rundeck/api/RundeckClientTest.java
@@ -1489,6 +1489,32 @@ public class RundeckClientTest {
             Assert.assertEquals(404,e.getStatusCode());
         }
     }
+    /**
+     * delete job
+     */
+    @Test
+    @Betamax(tape = "delete_job", mode = TapeMode.READ_ONLY)
+    public void deleteJob() throws Exception {
+        final RundeckClient client = createClient(TEST_TOKEN_7, 11);
+        String result = client.deleteJob("api-test-job-run-scheduled");
+
+        Assert.assertEquals("Job api-test-job-run-scheduled was deleted successfully", result);
+    }
+    /**
+     * delete job (DNE)
+     */
+    @Test
+    @Betamax(tape = "delete_job_not_found", mode = TapeMode.READ_ONLY)
+    public void deleteJobNotFound() throws Exception {
+        final RundeckClient client = createClient(TEST_TOKEN_7, 11);
+        try {
+            String result = client.deleteJob("does-not-exist");
+            Assert.fail();
+        } catch (RundeckApiException.RundeckApiHttpStatusException e) {
+            Assert.assertEquals(404, e.getStatusCode());
+        }
+
+    }
 
     @Before
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
diff --git a/src/test/resources/betamax/tapes/delete_job.yaml b/src/test/resources/betamax/tapes/delete_job.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29e33df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/betamax/tapes/delete_job.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+!tape
+name: delete_job
+interactions:
+- recorded: 2014-11-06T18:14:48.773Z
+  request:
+    method: DELETE
+    uri: http://rundeck.local:4440/api/11/job/api-test-job-run-scheduled
+    headers:
+      Host: rundeck.local:4440
+      Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
+      User-Agent: RunDeck API Java Client 11
+      X-RunDeck-Auth-Token: 8Dp9op111ER6opsDRkddvE86K9sE499s
+  response:
+    status: 204
+    headers:
+      Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8
+      Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT
+      Server: Jetty(7.6.0.v20120127)
+      Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=1hb33nx0a7qv21gyuoqes2pahg;Path=/
diff --git a/src/test/resources/betamax/tapes/delete_job_not_found.yaml b/src/test/resources/betamax/tapes/delete_job_not_found.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7540a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/betamax/tapes/delete_job_not_found.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+!tape
+name: delete_job_not_found
+interactions:
+- recorded: 2014-11-06T18:21:13.147Z
+  request:
+    method: DELETE
+    uri: http://rundeck.local:4440/api/11/job/does-not-exist
+    headers:
+      Host: rundeck.local:4440
+      Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
+      User-Agent: RunDeck API Java Client 11
+      X-RunDeck-Auth-Token: 8Dp9op111ER6opsDRkddvE86K9sE499s
+  response:
+    status: 404
+    headers:
+      Content-Type: text/xml;charset=UTF-8
+      Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT
+      Server: Jetty(7.6.0.v20120127)
+      Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=1sxop3bupsrqb1gupbru3vklba;Path=/
+      X-Rundeck-API-Version: '12'
+    body: "<result error='true' apiversion='12'>\n  <error code='api.error.item.doesnotexist'>\n    <message>Job ID does not exist: does-not-exist</message>\n  </error>\n</result>"