diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmddeletesetter.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmddeletesetter.go
index 19fc9253a..5607046f2 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmddeletesetter.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/cmddeletesetter.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package commands
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/ext"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/openapi"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/setters2/settersutil"
 )
@@ -16,9 +17,9 @@ func NewDeleteSetterRunner(parent string) *DeleteSetterRunner {
 	c := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:     "delete-setter DIR NAME",
 		Args:    cobra.MinimumNArgs(2),
-		Short:   "delete values on Resources fields.",
-		Long:    "",
-		Example: "",
+		Short:   commands.DeleteSetterShort,
+		Long:    commands.DeleteSetterLong,
+		Example: commands.DeleteSetterExamples,
 		PreRunE: r.preRunE,
 		RunE:    r.runE,
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands/docs.go b/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands/docs.go
index fb567dbff..bcad51a38 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands/docs.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/commands/docs.go
@@ -89,6 +89,22 @@ var CreateSetterExamples = `
     kustomize cfg create-setter DIR/ image-tag v1.0.1 --type "string" \
         --field image --description "current stable release"`
 
+var DeleteSetterShort = `[Alpha] Delete a custom setter of a resource field`
+var DeleteSetterLong = `
+Delete a custom setter of a Resource field by inlining OpenAPI as comments.
+
+  DIR
+
+    A directory containing Resource configuration.
+
+  NAME
+
+    The name of the setter to delete.
+`
+var DeleteSetterExamples = `
+    # delete a setter for port fields
+    kustomize cfg delete-setter DIR/ port`
+
 var FmtShort = `[Alpha] Format yaml configuration files.`
 var FmtLong = `
 [Alpha] Format yaml configuration files.