diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/linkmap.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/linkmap.pm
index b8b4cf40d..d7ba68da9 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/linkmap.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/linkmap.pm
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ sub preprocess (@) {
 
 	$params{pages}="*" unless defined $params{pages};
 	
-	# Needs to update whenever a relevant page's links change.
-	add_depends($params{page}, $params{pages}, links => 1);
+	# Needs to update whenever a relevant page is added, or removed, or
+	# its links change.
+	add_depends($params{page}, $params{pages}, presence => 1, links => 1);
 	
 	# Can't just return the linkmap here, since the htmlscrubber
 	# scrubs out all <object> tags (with good reason!)
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a006d3177..dc6ee0a81 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ ikiwiki (3.14159266) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     where if only a small set of pages were considered by orphans/pagestats,
     changes to links on other pages failed to cause an update.
   * linkmap: Use a combination of presence and link dependencies.
-    This makes the map be regenerated much less frequently, so larger
-    maps are more practical to use now.
+    This makes the map be regenerated much less frequently in many cases,
+    so larger maps are more practical to use now.
   * Transitive dependencies are now correctly supported.
   * Rebuild wikis on upgrade to this version to get improved dependency
     info.