diff --git a/dbms/src/Parsers/ASTTTLElement.cpp b/dbms/src/Parsers/ASTTTLElement.cpp
index 7dc38ad92c0..c746b957b0f 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Parsers/ASTTTLElement.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Parsers/ASTTTLElement.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ void ASTTTLElement::formatImpl(const FormatSettings & settings, FormatState & st
     }
     else if (destination_type == TTLDestinationType::DELETE)
     {
-        settings.ostr << " DELETE";
+	/// It would be better to output "DELETE" here but that will break compatibility with earlier versions.
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/dbms/tests/queries/0_stateless/00933_alter_ttl.reference b/dbms/tests/queries/0_stateless/00933_alter_ttl.reference
index 8262932df48..44ba49026a7 100644
--- a/dbms/tests/queries/0_stateless/00933_alter_ttl.reference
+++ b/dbms/tests/queries/0_stateless/00933_alter_ttl.reference
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CREATE TABLE default.ttl (`d` Date, `a` Int32) ENGINE = MergeTree PARTITION BY toDayOfMonth(d) ORDER BY a TTL d + toIntervalDay(1) DELETE SETTINGS index_granularity = 8192
+CREATE TABLE default.ttl (`d` Date, `a` Int32) ENGINE = MergeTree PARTITION BY toDayOfMonth(d) ORDER BY a TTL d + toIntervalDay(1) SETTINGS index_granularity = 8192
 2100-10-10	3
 2100-10-10	4
 d	Date					
diff --git a/dbms/tests/queries/0_stateless/00933_ttl_replicated_zookeeper.reference b/dbms/tests/queries/0_stateless/00933_ttl_replicated_zookeeper.reference
index 76f44f98311..986bc6b4a24 100644
--- a/dbms/tests/queries/0_stateless/00933_ttl_replicated_zookeeper.reference
+++ b/dbms/tests/queries/0_stateless/00933_ttl_replicated_zookeeper.reference
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 200
 400
-CREATE TABLE test.ttl_repl2 (`d` Date, `x` UInt32) ENGINE = ReplicatedMergeTree(\'/clickhouse/tables/test/ttl_repl\', \'2\') PARTITION BY toDayOfMonth(d) ORDER BY x TTL d + toIntervalDay(1) DELETE SETTINGS index_granularity = 8192
+CREATE TABLE test.ttl_repl2 (`d` Date, `x` UInt32) ENGINE = ReplicatedMergeTree(\'/clickhouse/tables/test/ttl_repl\', \'2\') PARTITION BY toDayOfMonth(d) ORDER BY x TTL d + toIntervalDay(1) SETTINGS index_granularity = 8192