Index: subversion/include/svn_error_codes.h
===================================================================
--- subversion/include/svn_error_codes.h	(revision 15130)
+++ subversion/include/svn_error_codes.h	(working copy)
@@ -379,6 +379,9 @@
               SVN_ERR_WC_CATEGORY_START + 23,
               "Invalid schedule")  
 
+  SVN_ERRDEF (SVN_ERR_WC_NOT_NONEXISTENT_PATH,
+              SVN_ERR_WC_CATEGORY_START + 24,
+              "Path does not exist")
   /* fs errors */
 
   SVN_ERRDEF (SVN_ERR_FS_GENERAL,
Index: subversion/libsvn_wc/adm_ops.c
===================================================================
--- subversion/libsvn_wc/adm_ops.c	(revision 15130)
+++ subversion/libsvn_wc/adm_ops.c	(working copy)
@@ -654,7 +654,8 @@
   switch (kind)
     {
     case svn_node_none:
-      /* Nothing to do. */
+    case svn_node_unknown:
+      return svn_error_create (SVN_ERR_WC_NOT_NONEXISTENT_PATH, 0, NULL);
       break;
 
     default:
Index: subversion/libsvn_client/delete.c
===================================================================
--- subversion/libsvn_client/delete.c	(revision 15130)
+++ subversion/libsvn_client/delete.c	(working copy)
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "svn_error.h"
 #include "svn_path.h"
 #include "client.h"
+#include "svn_cmdline.h"
 
 #include "svn_private_config.h"
 
@@ -239,6 +240,9 @@
                    svn_client_ctx_t *ctx,
                    apr_pool_t *pool)
 {
+  svn_error_t *err;
+  svn_boolean_t success = FALSE;
+
   if (! paths->nelts)
     return SVN_NO_ERROR;
 
@@ -268,15 +272,30 @@
           SVN_ERR (svn_wc_adm_open3 (&adm_access, NULL, parent_path, 
                                      TRUE, 0, ctx->cancel_func,
                                      ctx->cancel_baton, subpool));
-          SVN_ERR (svn_client__wc_delete (path, adm_access, force, 
-                                          FALSE,
-                                          ctx->notify_func2,
-                                          ctx->notify_baton2,
-                                          ctx, subpool));
+          err = svn_client__wc_delete (path, adm_access, force,
+                                       FALSE,
+                                       ctx->notify_func2,
+                                       ctx->notify_baton2,
+                                       ctx, subpool);
+          if (err)
+            {
+              if (err->apr_err == SVN_ERR_WC_NOT_NONEXISTENT_PATH)
+                svn_cmdline_printf (
+                        pool, "Skipped, '%s' is not under version control\n",
+                        svn_path_local_style (path, pool));
+              else
+                SVN_ERR(err);
+            }
+          else
+            success = TRUE;
+
           SVN_ERR (svn_wc_adm_close (adm_access));
         }
       svn_pool_destroy (subpool);
     }
 
-  return SVN_NO_ERROR;
+  if (success)
+    return SVN_NO_ERROR;
+  else
+    return err;
 }