diff --git a/akka-cluster-sharding/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/Shard.scala b/akka-cluster-sharding/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/Shard.scala
index 6be5ee2d52..608fb5e706 100644
--- a/akka-cluster-sharding/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/Shard.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster-sharding/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/Shard.scala
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import akka.actor.Props
 import akka.actor.Terminated
 import akka.cluster.sharding.Shard.ShardCommand
 import akka.actor.Actor
-
 import akka.util.MessageBufferMap
+
 import scala.concurrent.Future
 import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration
 import akka.cluster.Cluster
@@ -23,16 +23,7 @@ import akka.cluster.ddata.ORSet
 import akka.cluster.ddata.ORSetKey
 import akka.cluster.ddata.Replicator._
 import akka.actor.Stash
-import akka.persistence.PersistentActor
-import akka.persistence.SnapshotOffer
-import akka.persistence.SaveSnapshotSuccess
-import akka.persistence.DeleteSnapshotsFailure
-import akka.persistence.DeleteMessagesSuccess
-import akka.persistence.SaveSnapshotFailure
-import akka.persistence.DeleteMessagesFailure
-import akka.persistence.DeleteSnapshotsSuccess
-import akka.persistence.SnapshotSelectionCriteria
-import akka.persistence.RecoveryCompleted
+import akka.persistence._
 import akka.actor.NoSerializationVerificationNeeded
 
 /**
@@ -531,7 +522,7 @@ private[akka] class PersistentShard(
       /*
        * delete old events but keep the latest around because
        *
-       * it's not safe to delete all events immediate because snapshots are typically stored with a weaker consistency
+       * it's not safe to delete all events immediately because snapshots are typically stored with a weaker consistency
        * level which means that a replay might "see" the deleted events before it sees the stored snapshot,
        * i.e. it will use an older snapshot and then not replay the full sequence of events
        *
@@ -543,20 +534,25 @@ private[akka] class PersistentShard(
       }
 
     case SaveSnapshotFailure(_, reason) ⇒
-      log.warning("PersistentShard snapshot failure: {}", reason.getMessage)
+      log.warning("PersistentShard snapshot failure: [{}]", reason.getMessage)
 
     case DeleteMessagesSuccess(toSequenceNr) ⇒
-      log.debug("PersistentShard messages to {} deleted successfully", toSequenceNr)
-      deleteSnapshots(SnapshotSelectionCriteria(maxSequenceNr = toSequenceNr - 1))
+      val deleteTo = toSequenceNr - 1
+      val deleteFrom = math.max(0, deleteTo - (keepNrOfBatches * snapshotAfter))
+      log.debug("PersistentShard messages to [{}] deleted successfully. Deleting snapshots from [{}] to [{}]", toSequenceNr, deleteFrom, deleteTo)
+      deleteSnapshots(SnapshotSelectionCriteria(
+        minSequenceNr = deleteFrom,
+        maxSequenceNr = deleteTo
+      ))
 
     case DeleteMessagesFailure(reason, toSequenceNr) ⇒
-      log.warning("PersistentShard messages to {} deletion failure: {}", toSequenceNr, reason.getMessage)
+      log.warning("PersistentShard messages to [{}] deletion failure: [{}]", toSequenceNr, reason.getMessage)
 
     case DeleteSnapshotsSuccess(m) ⇒
-      log.debug("PersistentShard snapshots matching {} deleted successfully", m)
+      log.debug("PersistentShard snapshots matching [{}] deleted successfully", m)
 
     case DeleteSnapshotsFailure(m, reason) ⇒
-      log.warning("PersistentShard snapshots matching {} deletion failure: {}", m, reason.getMessage)
+      log.warning("PersistentShard snapshots matching [{}] deletion failure: [{}]", m, reason.getMessage)
 
   }: Receive).orElse(super.receiveCommand)
 
diff --git a/akka-cluster-sharding/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/RemoveInternalClusterShardingDataSpec.scala b/akka-cluster-sharding/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/RemoveInternalClusterShardingDataSpec.scala
index a4055b1df7..ea89c05f44 100644
--- a/akka-cluster-sharding/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/RemoveInternalClusterShardingDataSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster-sharding/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/RemoveInternalClusterShardingDataSpec.scala
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ object RemoveInternalClusterShardingDataSpec {
     akka.persistence.snapshot-store.local.dir = "target/snapshots-RemoveInternalClusterShardingDataSpec"
     akka.cluster.sharding.snapshot-after = 5
     akka.cluster.sharding.state-store-mode = persistence
-    |akka.cluster.sharding.keep-nr-of-batches = 0
+    akka.cluster.sharding.keep-nr-of-batches = 0
     """
 
   val extractEntityId: ShardRegion.ExtractEntityId = {
diff --git a/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/persistence.md b/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/persistence.md
index fbeef9c6fb..6873e29df5 100644
--- a/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/persistence.md
+++ b/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/persistence.md
@@ -693,7 +693,9 @@ A persistent actor can delete individual snapshots by calling the `deleteSnapsho
 when the snapshot was taken.
 
 To bulk-delete a range of snapshots matching `SnapshotSelectionCriteria`,
-persistent actors should use the `deleteSnapshots` method.
+persistent actors should use the `deleteSnapshots` method. Depending on the journal used this might be inefficient. It is 
+best practice to do specific deletes with `deleteSnapshot` or to include a `minSequenceNr` as well as a `maxSequenceNr`
+for the `SnapshotSelectionCriteria`.
 
 ### Snapshot status handling