diff --git modules/node/node.api.php modules/node/node.api.php
index 6e215e3..a2f4b67 100644
--- modules/node/node.api.php
+++ modules/node/node.api.php
@@ -456,9 +456,9 @@ function hook_node_operations() {
 /**
  * Respond to node deletion.
  *
- * This hook is invoked from node_delete_multiple() after the node has been
- * removed from the node table in the database, after the type-specific
- * hook_delete() has been invoked, and before field_attach_delete() is called.
+ * This hook is invoked from node_delete_multiple() after the type-specific
+ * hook_delete() has been invoked, but before field_attach_delete() is called
+ * and before the node is removed from the node table in the database.
  *
  * @param $node
  *   The node that is being deleted.