diff --git a/.changeset/blue-bags-walk.md b/.changeset/blue-bags-walk.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..25b998deb43a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/blue-bags-walk.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"wrangler": patch
+---
+
+fix: making explicit to only send a body if there are rule ids specified in the config delete
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/__tests__/r2.test.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/__tests__/r2.test.ts
index 00747c4e1782..eca4407b924d 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/__tests__/r2.test.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/__tests__/r2.test.ts
@@ -1021,10 +1021,10 @@ describe("r2", () => {
 						  -v, --version                   Show version number  [boolean]
 
 						OPTIONS
-						      --event-types, --event-type  Specify the kinds of object events to emit notifications for. ex. '--event-types object-create object-delete'  [array] [required] [choices: \\"object-create\\", \\"object-delete\\"]
-						      --prefix                     only actions on objects with this prefix will emit notifications  [string]
-						      --suffix                     only actions on objects with this suffix will emit notifications  [string]
-						      --queue                      The name of the queue to which event notifications will be sent. ex '--queue my-queue'  [string] [required]"
+						      --event-types, --event-type  The type of event(s) that will emit event notifications  [array] [required] [choices: \\"object-create\\", \\"object-delete\\"]
+						      --prefix                     The prefix that an object must match to emit event notifications (note: regular expressions not supported)  [string]
+						      --suffix                     The suffix that an object must match to emit event notifications (note: regular expressions not supported)  [string]
+						      --queue                      The name of the queue that will receive event notification messages  [string] [required]"
 					`);
 				});
 			});
@@ -1039,6 +1039,7 @@ describe("r2", () => {
 							async ({ request, params }) => {
 								const { accountId } = params;
 								expect(accountId).toEqual("some-account-id");
+								expect(request.body).toBeNull();
 								expect(request.headers.get("authorization")).toEqual(
 									"Bearer some-api-token"
 								);
@@ -1100,6 +1101,9 @@ describe("r2", () => {
 							async ({ request, params }) => {
 								const { accountId } = params;
 								expect(accountId).toEqual("some-account-id");
+								expect(request.body).not.toBeNull();
+								const requestBody = await request.text();
+								expect(requestBody).toContain(`"ruleIds":["${ruleId}"]`);
 								expect(request.headers.get("authorization")).toEqual(
 									"Bearer some-api-token"
 								);
@@ -1174,8 +1178,8 @@ describe("r2", () => {
 						  -v, --version                   Show version number  [boolean]
 
 						OPTIONS
-						      --queue  The name of the queue that is configured to receive notifications. ex '--queue my-queue'  [string] [required]
-						      --rule   The id of the rule to delete. If no rule is specified, all rules for the bucket/queue configuration will be deleted.  [string]"
+						      --queue  The name of the queue that will receive event notification messages  [string] [required]
+						      --rule   The id of the rule to delete. If no rule is specified, all rules for the bucket/queue configuration will be deleted  [string]"
 					`);
 				});
 			});
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/r2/helpers.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/r2/helpers.ts
index ef53c0ec3cda..9f1320abb985 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/r2/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/r2/helpers.ts
@@ -584,18 +584,24 @@ export async function deleteEventNotificationConfig(
 	logger.log(
 		`Disabling event notifications for "${bucketName}" to queue ${queueName}...`
 	);
-
-	const body: DeleteNotificationRequestBody =
-		ruleId !== undefined
-			? {
-					ruleIds: [ruleId],
-				}
-			: {};
-
-	return await fetchResult<null>(
-		`/accounts/${accountId}/event_notifications/r2/${bucketName}/configuration/queues/${queue.queue_id}`,
-		{ method: "DELETE", body: JSON.stringify(body), headers }
-	);
+	if (ruleId !== undefined) {
+		const body: DeleteNotificationRequestBody =
+			ruleId !== undefined
+				? {
+						ruleIds: [ruleId],
+					}
+				: {};
+
+		return await fetchResult<null>(
+			`/accounts/${accountId}/event_notifications/r2/${bucketName}/configuration/queues/${queue.queue_id}`,
+			{ method: "DELETE", body: JSON.stringify(body), headers }
+		);
+	} else {
+		return await fetchResult<null>(
+			`/accounts/${accountId}/event_notifications/r2/${bucketName}/configuration/queues/${queue.queue_id}`,
+			{ method: "DELETE", headers }
+		);
+	}
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/r2/notification.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/r2/notification.ts
index e981a39b4261..173eae4cbddd 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/r2/notification.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/r2/notification.ts
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ export function CreateOptions(yargs: CommonYargsArgv) {
 			demandOption: true,
 		})
 		.option("event-types", {
-			describe:
-				"Specify the kinds of object events to emit notifications for. ex. '--event-types object-create object-delete'",
+			describe: "The type of event(s) that will emit event notifications",
 			alias: "event-type",
 			choices: Object.keys(actionsForEventCategories),
 			demandOption: true,
@@ -59,18 +58,18 @@ export function CreateOptions(yargs: CommonYargsArgv) {
 		})
 		.option("prefix", {
 			describe:
-				"only actions on objects with this prefix will emit notifications",
+				"The prefix that an object must match to emit event notifications (note: regular expressions not supported)",
 			requiresArg: false,
 			type: "string",
 		})
 		.option("suffix", {
 			describe:
-				"only actions on objects with this suffix will emit notifications",
+				"The suffix that an object must match to emit event notifications (note: regular expressions not supported)",
 			type: "string",
 		})
 		.option("queue", {
 			describe:
-				"The name of the queue to which event notifications will be sent. ex '--queue my-queue'",
+				"The name of the queue that will receive event notification messages",
 			demandOption: true,
 			requiresArg: true,
 			type: "string",
@@ -108,14 +107,14 @@ export function DeleteOptions(yargs: CommonYargsArgv) {
 		})
 		.option("queue", {
 			describe:
-				"The name of the queue that is configured to receive notifications. ex '--queue my-queue'",
+				"The name of the queue that will receive event notification messages",
 			demandOption: true,
 			requiresArg: true,
 			type: "string",
 		})
 		.option("rule", {
 			describe:
-				"The id of the rule to delete. If no rule is specified, all rules for the bucket/queue configuration will be deleted.",
+				"The id of the rule to delete. If no rule is specified, all rules for the bucket/queue configuration will be deleted",
 			requiresArg: false,
 			type: "string",
 		});