diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a5fdcd..3e897f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+This is a fork to change the plugin to use bwipeout instead of bdelete for deleting the buffer.
+
+The original README is below:
+
 I have not written this plugin myself.
 
 I found it on http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Deleting_a_buffer_without_closing_the_window and it is to my best knowledge licensed with a CC-BY-SA license (full license text here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode).
diff --git a/plugin/bclose.vim b/plugin/bclose.vim
index 232763f..4eead2c 100644
--- a/plugin/bclose.vim
+++ b/plugin/bclose.vim
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ function! s:Bclose(bang, buffer)
       endif
     endif
   endfor
-  execute 'bdelete'.a:bang.' '.btarget
+  execute 'bwipeout'.a:bang.' '.btarget
   execute wcurrent.'wincmd w'
 endfunction
 command! -bang -complete=buffer -nargs=? Bclose call <SID>Bclose('<bang>', '<args>')