VMS Help CMS, DELETE, ELEMENT, Command Parameters  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

 element-expression

    Specifies one or more elements that are to be deleted from the
    library. An element expression can be an element name, a wildcard
    expression, or a list of these separated by commas.

 remark

    Specifies a character string to be logged in the history file
    with this command, usually used to explain why the command was
    entered. The remark is enclosed in quotation marks. If no remark
    was entered, a null remark ("") is logged.