diff --git a/_test/tests/inc/changelog_hasrevisions.test.php b/_test/tests/inc/changelog_hasrevisions.test.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cace7b244484d933a7f18d8d4e37e97f87155d8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_test/tests/inc/changelog_hasrevisions.test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Tests for if a page has revisions with hasRevisions()
+ *
+ * This class uses the files:
+ * - data/meta/mailinglist.changes
+ */
+class changelog_hasrevisions_test extends DokuWikiTest {
+
+    /**
+     * test page has revisions
+     */
+    function test_hasrevisions() {
+        $id = 'mailinglist';
+        
+        $pagelog = new PageChangeLog($id);
+        $result = $pagelog->hasRevisions();
+        $this->assertTrue($result);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * test page has no revisions
+     */
+    function test_norevisions() {
+        $id = 'nonexist';
+        
+        $pagelog = new PageChangeLog($id);
+        $result = $pagelog->hasRevisions();
+        $this->assertFalse($result);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/inc/changelog.php b/inc/changelog.php
index d77b0180a8fd96b26d19e7d4e2372b3983634b04..074d3c7a6834b5d381208749492317055fb8b668 100644
--- a/inc/changelog.php
+++ b/inc/changelog.php
@@ -743,6 +743,15 @@ abstract class ChangeLog {
 
         return array(array_reverse($revs1), array_reverse($revs2));
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Checks if the ID has old revisons
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    public function hasRevisions() {
+        $file = $this->getChangelogFilename();
+        return file_exists($file);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Returns lines from changelog.
diff --git a/inc/lang/en/onceexisted.txt b/inc/lang/en/onceexisted.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..87cc05750c8888226764bbc07141d76a21f23edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inc/lang/en/onceexisted.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+======= This page does not exist anymore ======
+
+You've followed a link to a page that no longer exists. You can check the list of [[?do=revisions|old revisions]] to see when and why it was deleted, access old revisions or restore it.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/inc/parserutils.php b/inc/parserutils.php
index 5b0cab06ede2f501d1888925cbea93e371863d99..ddd21bedaf47a3875761db03d39bb3cd2db23c66 100644
--- a/inc/parserutils.php
+++ b/inc/parserutils.php
@@ -82,7 +82,13 @@ function p_wiki_xhtml($id, $rev='', $excuse=true,$date_at=''){
         if(file_exists($file)){
             $ret = p_cached_output($file,'xhtml',$id);
         }elseif($excuse){
-            $ret = p_locale_xhtml('newpage');
+            //check if the page once existed
+            $changelog = new PageChangelog($id);
+            if($changelog->hasRevisions()) {
+                $ret = p_locale_xhtml('onceexisted');
+            } else {
+                $ret = p_locale_xhtml('newpage');
+            }
         }
     }