diff --git a/lib/stripe/resources/customer.rb b/lib/stripe/resources/customer.rb
index b864c4e07..9526bcd50 100644
--- a/lib/stripe/resources/customer.rb
+++ b/lib/stripe/resources/customer.rb
@@ -28,9 +28,14 @@ class << self
       alias detach_source delete_source
     end
 
+    # Deletes a discount associated with the customer.
+    #
+    # Returns the deleted discount. The customer object is not updated,
+    # so you must call `refresh` on it to get a new version with the
+    # discount removed.
     def delete_discount
       resp, opts = execute_resource_request(:delete, resource_url + "/discount")
-      initialize_from(resp.data, opts, true)
+      Util.convert_to_stripe_object(resp.data, opts)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/stripe/customer_test.rb b/test/stripe/customer_test.rb
index 9c8128648..20a80a115 100644
--- a/test/stripe/customer_test.rb
+++ b/test/stripe/customer_test.rb
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ class CustomerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     context "#delete_discount" do
       should "delete a discount" do
         customer = Stripe::Customer.retrieve("cus_123")
-        customer = customer.delete_discount
+        discount = customer.delete_discount
         assert_requested :delete, "#{Stripe.api_base}/v1/customers/cus_123/discount"
-        assert customer.is_a?(Stripe::Customer)
+        assert discount.is_a?(Stripe::Discount)
       end
     end