diff --git a/controllers/configurationpolicy_controller.go b/controllers/configurationpolicy_controller.go
index 376c719e..b80cffc0 100644
--- a/controllers/configurationpolicy_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/configurationpolicy_controller.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ var (
 	reasonWantFoundExists    = "Resource found as expected"
 	reasonWantFoundCreated   = "K8s creation success"
 	reasonUpdateSuccess      = "K8s update success"
+	reasonDeleteSuccess      = "K8s deletion success"
 	reasonWantFoundNoMatch   = "Resource found but does not match"
 	reasonWantFoundDNE       = "Resource not found but should exist"
 	reasonWantNotFoundExists = "Resource found but should not exist"
@@ -2045,7 +2046,7 @@ func (r *ConfigurationPolicyReconciler) enforceByCreatingOrDeleting(obj singleOb
 			reason = "K8s deletion error"
 			msg = fmt.Sprintf("%v %v exists, and cannot be deleted, reason: `%v`", obj.gvr.Resource, idStr, err)
 		} else {
-			reason = "K8s deletion success"
+			reason = reasonDeleteSuccess
 			msg = fmt.Sprintf("%v %v existed, and was deleted successfully", obj.gvr.Resource, idStr)
 			obj.object = nil
 		}
diff --git a/controllers/configurationpolicy_controller_test.go b/controllers/configurationpolicy_controller_test.go
index 280cd019..3a92fd85 100644
--- a/controllers/configurationpolicy_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/configurationpolicy_controller_test.go
@@ -666,6 +666,24 @@ func TestCreateStatus(t *testing.T) {
 			"configmaps [buzz] missing as expected, therefore, this object template is compliant in namespace " +
 				"toy-story",
 		},
+		{
+			"must not have single object deleted",
+			"configmaps",
+			map[string]*objectTmplEvalResultWithEvent{
+				"toy-story": {
+					result: objectTmplEvalResult{
+						objectNames: []string{"buzz"},
+					},
+					event: objectTmplEvalEvent{
+						compliant: true,
+						reason:    reasonDeleteSuccess,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			true,
+			"K8s deletion success",
+			"configmaps [buzz] existed, and was deleted successfully in namespace toy-story",
+		},
 		{
 			"unnamed object single error",
 			"configmaps",
diff --git a/controllers/configurationpolicy_utils.go b/controllers/configurationpolicy_utils.go
index ba706aa9..2283b571 100644
--- a/controllers/configurationpolicy_utils.go
+++ b/controllers/configurationpolicy_utils.go
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ func createStatus(
 		reasonWantFoundExists,
 		reasonWantFoundCreated,
 		reasonUpdateSuccess,
+		reasonDeleteSuccess,
 		reasonWantFoundDNE,
 		reasonWantFoundNoMatch,
 		reasonWantNotFoundDNE,
@@ -575,6 +576,9 @@ func createStatus(
 			case reasonUpdateSuccess:
 				generatedReason = reasonUpdateSuccess
 				generatedMsg = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s was updated successfully", resourceName, namesStr)
+			case reasonDeleteSuccess:
+				generatedReason = reasonDeleteSuccess
+				generatedMsg = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s existed, and was deleted successfully", resourceName, namesStr)
 			case reasonWantFoundDNE:
 				generatedReason = "K8s does not have a `must have` object"
 				compliancyDetailsMsg += fmt.Sprintf("%s%s not found", resourceName, namesStr)