diff --git a/git-flow-release b/git-flow-release
index 6570b90..e71c87b 100644
--- a/git-flow-release
+++ b/git-flow-release
@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@
 			die "Could not push to $MASTER_BRANCH from $ORIGIN."
 		git push --tags "$ORIGIN" || \
 			die "Could not push tags to $ORIGIN."
+		git push "$ORIGIN" :"$BRANCH" || \
+			die "Could not delete the remote $BRANCH in $ORIGIN."
 	fi
 
 	echo
@@ -275,6 +277,7 @@
 	echo "- Release branch '$BRANCH' has been deleted"
 	if flag push; then
 		echo "- '$DEVELOP_BRANCH', '$MASTER_BRANCH' and tags have been pushed to '$ORIGIN'"
+		echo "- Release branch '$BRANCH' in '$ORIGIN' has been deleted."
 	fi
 	echo
 }