diff --git a/meilidb-data/src/database/index/documents_index.rs b/meilidb-data/src/database/index/documents_index.rs
index 11475e800..83e95530e 100644
--- a/meilidb-data/src/database/index/documents_index.rs
+++ b/meilidb-data/src/database/index/documents_index.rs
@@ -35,14 +35,16 @@ impl DocumentsIndex {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn del_all_document_fields(&self, id: DocumentId) -> RocksDbResult<()> {
+    pub fn del_all_document_fields(&self, id: DocumentId) -> RocksDbResult<usize> {
         let (start, end) = document_fields_range(id);
 
+        let mut count = 0;
         for (key, _) in self.0.range(start, end)? {
             self.0.remove(key)?;
+            count += 1;
         }
 
-        Ok(())
+        Ok(count)
     }
 
     pub fn document_fields(&self, id: DocumentId) -> RocksDbResult<DocumentFieldsIter> {
diff --git a/meilidb-data/src/database/update/documents_addition.rs b/meilidb-data/src/database/update/documents_addition.rs
index 2e4e94736..397727fba 100644
--- a/meilidb-data/src/database/update/documents_addition.rs
+++ b/meilidb-data/src/database/update/documents_addition.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ use fst::{SetBuilder, set::OpBuilder};
 use sdset::{SetOperation, duo::Union};
 use serde::Serialize;
 
+use crate::RankedMap;
+use crate::database::{Error, Index, index::Cache, apply_documents_deletion};
 use crate::indexer::Indexer;
 use crate::serde::{extract_document_id, Serializer, RamDocumentStore};
-use crate::RankedMap;
-
-use crate::database::{Error, Index, index::Cache, apply_documents_deletion};
 
 pub struct DocumentsAddition<'a, D> {
     index: &'a Index,
@@ -73,8 +72,8 @@ pub fn apply_documents_addition(
     let words = ref_index.words_index;
 
     // 1. remove the previous documents match indexes
-    let document_ids = document_ids.into_iter().collect();
-    apply_documents_deletion(index, ranked_map.clone(), document_ids)?;
+    let documents_to_insert = document_ids.iter().cloned().collect();
+    apply_documents_deletion(index, ranked_map.clone(), documents_to_insert)?;
 
     // 2. insert new document attributes in the database
     for ((id, attr), value) in document_store.into_inner() {
diff --git a/meilidb-data/src/database/update/documents_deletion.rs b/meilidb-data/src/database/update/documents_deletion.rs
index 2c1036b79..b32fe349f 100644
--- a/meilidb-data/src/database/update/documents_deletion.rs
+++ b/meilidb-data/src/database/update/documents_deletion.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::collections::{HashMap, BTreeSet};
+use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet, BTreeSet};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use fst::{SetBuilder, Streamer};
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ pub fn apply_documents_deletion(
         }
     }
 
+    let mut deleted_documents = HashSet::new();
     let mut removed_words = BTreeSet::new();
     for (word, document_ids) in words_document_ids {
         let document_ids = SetBuf::from_dirty(document_ids);
@@ -105,7 +106,9 @@ pub fn apply_documents_deletion(
         }
 
         for id in document_ids {
-            documents.del_all_document_fields(id)?;
+            if documents.del_all_document_fields(id)? != 0 {
+                deleted_documents.insert(id);
+            }
             docs_words.del_doc_words(id)?;
         }
     }