diff --git a/swift/container/sharder.py b/swift/container/sharder.py
index 166fe91d26..2b99e819e0 100644
--- a/swift/container/sharder.py
+++ b/swift/container/sharder.py
@@ -1214,7 +1214,8 @@ class ContainerSharder(ContainerSharderConf, ContainerReplicator):
     def yield_objects(self, broker, src_shard_range, since_row=None):
         """
         Iterates through all objects in ``src_shard_range`` in name order
-        yielding them in lists of up to CONTAINER_LISTING_LIMIT length.
+        yielding them in lists of up to CONTAINER_LISTING_LIMIT length. Both
+        deleted and undeleted objects are included.
 
         :param broker: A :class:`~swift.container.backend.ContainerBroker`.
         :param src_shard_range: A :class:`~swift.common.utils.ShardRange`
@@ -1223,27 +1224,26 @@ class ContainerSharder(ContainerSharderConf, ContainerReplicator):
             the given row id; by default all rows are included.
         :return: a generator of tuples of (list of objects, broker info dict)
         """
-        for include_deleted in (False, True):
-            marker = src_shard_range.lower_str
-            while True:
-                info = broker.get_info()
-                info['max_row'] = broker.get_max_row()
-                start = time.time()
-                objects = broker.get_objects(
-                    self.cleave_row_batch_size,
-                    marker=marker,
-                    end_marker=src_shard_range.end_marker,
-                    include_deleted=include_deleted,
-                    since_row=since_row)
-                if objects:
-                    self.logger.debug('got %s objects from %s in %ss',
-                                      len(objects), broker.db_file,
-                                      time.time() - start)
-                    yield objects, info
+        marker = src_shard_range.lower_str
+        while True:
+            info = broker.get_info()
+            info['max_row'] = broker.get_max_row()
+            start = time.time()
+            objects = broker.get_objects(
+                self.cleave_row_batch_size,
+                marker=marker,
+                end_marker=src_shard_range.end_marker,
+                include_deleted=None,  # give me everything
+                since_row=since_row)
+            if objects:
+                self.logger.debug('got %s objects from %s in %ss',
+                                  len(objects), broker.db_file,
+                                  time.time() - start)
+                yield objects, info
 
-                if len(objects) < self.cleave_row_batch_size:
-                    break
-                marker = objects[-1]['name']
+            if len(objects) < self.cleave_row_batch_size:
+                break
+            marker = objects[-1]['name']
 
     def yield_objects_to_shard_range(self, broker, src_shard_range,
                                      dest_shard_ranges):
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ class ContainerSharder(ContainerSharderConf, ContainerReplicator):
 
         self._increment_stat('misplaced', 'placed', step=placed)
         self._increment_stat('misplaced', 'unplaced', step=unplaced)
-        return success, placed + unplaced
+        return success, placed, unplaced
 
     def _make_shard_range_fetcher(self, broker, src_shard_range):
         # returns a function that will lazy load shard ranges on demand;
@@ -1484,19 +1484,21 @@ class ContainerSharder(ContainerSharderConf, ContainerReplicator):
         self.logger.debug('misplaced object source bounds %s' % src_bounds)
         policy_index = broker.storage_policy_index
         success = True
-        num_found = 0
+        num_placed = num_unplaced = 0
         for src_shard_range in src_ranges:
-            part_success, part_num_found = self._move_objects(
+            part_success, part_placed, part_unplaced = self._move_objects(
                 src_broker, src_shard_range, policy_index,
                 self._make_shard_range_fetcher(broker, src_shard_range))
             success &= part_success
-            num_found += part_num_found
+            num_placed += part_placed
+            num_unplaced += part_unplaced
 
-        if num_found:
+        if num_placed or num_unplaced:
             # the found stat records the number of DBs in which any misplaced
             # rows were found, not the total number of misplaced rows
             self._increment_stat('misplaced', 'found', statsd=True)
-            self.logger.debug('Moved %s misplaced objects' % num_found)
+            self.logger.debug('Placed %s misplaced objects (%s unplaced)',
+                              num_placed, num_unplaced)
         self._increment_stat('misplaced', 'success' if success else 'failure')
         self.logger.debug('Finished handling misplaced objects')
         return success
diff --git a/test/unit/container/test_sharder.py b/test/unit/container/test_sharder.py
index ef310268f9..1cdd6d2509 100644
--- a/test/unit/container/test_sharder.py
+++ b/test/unit/container/test_sharder.py
@@ -3403,8 +3403,9 @@ class TestSharder(BaseTestSharder):
 
         # and then more misplaced updates arrive
         newer_objects = [
-            ['a', self.ts_encoded(), 51, 'text/plain', 'etag_a', 0, 0],
+            ['a-deleted', self.ts_encoded(), 51, 'text/plain', 'etag_a', 1, 0],
             ['z', self.ts_encoded(), 52, 'text/plain', 'etag_z', 0, 0],
+            ['z-deleted', self.ts_encoded(), 52, 'text/plain', 'etag_z', 1, 0],
         ]
         for obj in newer_objects:
             broker.put_object(*obj)
@@ -3420,7 +3421,7 @@ class TestSharder(BaseTestSharder):
             any_order=True
         )
         expected_stats = {'attempted': 1, 'success': 1, 'failure': 0,
-                          'found': 1, 'placed': 2, 'unplaced': 0}
+                          'found': 1, 'placed': 3, 'unplaced': 0}
         self._assert_stats(expected_stats, sharder, 'misplaced')
         self.assertEqual(
             1, sharder.logger.get_increment_counts()['misplaced_found'])