diff --git a/shelldap b/shelldap
index 7cb87a5..e0afa80 100755
--- a/shelldap
+++ b/shelldap
@@ -1511,6 +1511,7 @@ sub run_edit
 	if ( $hash_orig eq $self->chksum($self->{'ldif_fname'}) ) {
 		print "Entry not modified.\n";
 		unlink $self->{'ldif_fname'};
+		$self->{'edit_again'} = undef;
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1523,6 +1524,7 @@ sub run_edit
 		}
 		else {
 			unlink $self->{'ldif_fname'};
+			$self->{'edit_again'} = undef;
 			return;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1554,7 +1556,7 @@ sub run_edit
 		my $diff_bit = $diff->Diff();
 		my %seen_attr;
 
-		# attr removals
+		# attr removal hunk
 		#
 		if ( $diff_bit == 1 ) {
 			foreach ( $diff->Items(1) ) {
@@ -1564,7 +1566,7 @@ sub run_edit
 			}
 		}
 
-		# attr insertions
+		# attr insertion hunk
 		#
 		if ( $diff_bit == 2 ) {
 			foreach ( $diff->Items(2) ) {
@@ -1574,9 +1576,12 @@ sub run_edit
 			}
 		}
 
-		# attr change
+		# attr change hunk
 		#
 		if ( $diff_bit == 3 ) {
+
+			# modification to existing line
+			#
 			foreach ( $diff->Items(2) ) {
 				my ( $attr, $val ) = $parse->( $_ ) or next;
 				$self->debug("MODIFY: $_");
@@ -1608,6 +1613,15 @@ sub run_edit
 					$e->replace( $attr => \@new_vals );
 				}
 			}
+
+			# deletion within the same hunk
+			#
+			foreach ( $diff->Items(1) ) {
+				my ( $attr, $val ) = $parse->( $_ ) or next;
+				next if $seen_attr{ $attr };
+				$self->debug("DELETE: $_");
+				$e->delete( $attr => [ $val ] );
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -2143,7 +2157,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 
 $0 = 'shelldap';
-my $VERSION = '1.0.0';
+my $VERSION = '1.0.1';
 
 use Getopt::Long;
 use YAML::Syck;