diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index f10c32ab..f05354ba 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ To be released
 - Make `soft` argument to `SoftDeletableModel.delete()` keyword-only
 - `JoinManager` and `JoinManagerMixin` have been deprecated;
   please use ``JoinQueryset.as_manager()`` instead
+- Change `SoftDeletableQuerySetMixin.delete` to replicate Django's API.
 
 4.5.1 (2024-05-02)
 ------------------
diff --git a/model_utils/managers.py b/model_utils/managers.py
index 899b9887..4cb1ffcd 100644
--- a/model_utils/managers.py
+++ b/model_utils/managers.py
@@ -363,17 +363,17 @@ class SoftDeletableQuerySetMixin(Generic[ModelT]):
     its ``is_removed`` field to True.
     """
 
-    def delete(self) -> None:
+    def delete(self) -> tuple[int, dict[str, int]]:
         """
         Soft delete objects from queryset (set their ``is_removed``
         field to True)
         """
-        cast(QuerySet[ModelT], self).update(is_removed=True)
+        model: type[ModelT] = self.model  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+        number_of_deleted_objects = cast(QuerySet[ModelT], self).update(is_removed=True)
+        return number_of_deleted_objects, {model._meta.label: number_of_deleted_objects}
 
 
-# Note that our delete() method does not return anything, unlike Django's.
-# https://github.com/jazzband/django-model-utils/issues/541
-class SoftDeletableQuerySet(SoftDeletableQuerySetMixin[ModelT], QuerySet[ModelT]):  # type: ignore[misc]
+class SoftDeletableQuerySet(SoftDeletableQuerySetMixin[ModelT], QuerySet[ModelT]):
     pass
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_models/test_softdeletable_model.py b/tests/test_models/test_softdeletable_model.py
index 1f58f435..8f4e656c 100644
--- a/tests/test_models/test_softdeletable_model.py
+++ b/tests/test_models/test_softdeletable_model.py
@@ -53,3 +53,13 @@ def test_instance_purge_no_connection(self) -> None:
 
     def test_deprecation_warning(self) -> None:
         self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning, SoftDeletable.objects.all)
+
+    def test_delete_queryset_return(self) -> None:
+        SoftDeletable.available_objects.create(name='a')
+        SoftDeletable.available_objects.create(name='b')
+
+        result = SoftDeletable.available_objects.filter(name="a").delete()
+
+        assert result == (
+            1, {SoftDeletable._meta.label: 1}
+        )