CouchDB Bulk API (_all_docs) weirdness.sh

# creating 2 documents and deleting one of them
$ curl -X PUT 'http://127.0.0.1:5984/crap/thing-A' -d '{}'
{"ok":true,"id":"thing-A","rev":"1-967a00dff5e02add41819138abb3284d"}
$ curl -X PUT 'http://127.0.0.1:5984/crap/thing-B' -d '{}'
{"ok":true,"id":"thing-B","rev":"1-967a00dff5e02add41819138abb3284d"}
$ curl -X DELETE 'http://127.0.0.1:5984/crap/thing-B?rev=1-967a00dff5e02add41819138abb3284d' 
{"ok":true,"id":"thing-B","rev":"2-eec205a9d413992850a6e32678485900"}

# checking for existence 
$ curl -X GET 'http://127.0.0.1:5984/crap/thing-A' 
{"_id":"thing-A","_rev":"1-967a00dff5e02add41819138abb3284d"}
$ curl -X GET 'http://127.0.0.1:5984/crap/thing-B' 
{"error":"not_found","reason":"deleted"}
$ curl -X GET 'http://127.0.0.1:5984/crap/thing-C' 
{"error":"not_found","reason":"missing"}
# all fine so far...

# checking existence with Bulk API
$ curl -X POST 'http://127.0.0.1:5984/crap/_all_docs' -d '{"keys":["thing-A","thing-B","thing-C"]}' 
{"total_rows":25,"offset":0,"rows":[
{"id":"thing-A","key":"thing-A","value":{"rev":"1-967a00dff5e02add41819138abb3284d"}},
{"id":"thing-B","key":"thing-B","value":{"rev":"2-eec205a9d413992850a6e32678485900","deleted":true}},
{"key":"thing-C","error":"not_found"}
]}
# !unexpected!
# I would rather expect something like:
{"total_rows":25,"offset":0,"rows":[
{"id":"thing-A","key":"thing-A","value":{"rev":"1-967a00dff5e02add41819138abb3284d"}},
{"key":"thing-B","error":"not_found", "reason":"deleted"},
{"key":"thing-C","error":"not_found", "reason":"missing"}
]}