diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go
index 2678385c1..7fa9aae12 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record.go
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ func resourceAwsRoute53RecordDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Create the new records
+	// Change batch for deleting
 	changeBatch := &route53.ChangeBatch{
 		Comment: aws.String("Deleted by Terraform"),
 		Changes: []*route53.Change{
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record_test.go
index f07215df5..65df31729 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_route53_record_test.go
@@ -258,6 +258,58 @@ func TestAccAWSRoute53Record_TypeChange(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+// Test record deletion out of band and make sure we render a new plan
+// Part of regression test(s) for https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/pull/4892
+func TestAccAWSRoute53Record_planUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+	var zone route53.GetHostedZoneOutput
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckRoute53RecordDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccRoute53RecordConfig,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckRoute53RecordExists("aws_route53_record.default"),
+					testAccCheckRoute53ZoneExists("aws_route53_zone.main", &zone),
+				),
+			},
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccRoute53RecordConfig,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckRoute53DeleteRecord("aws_route53_record.default", &zone),
+				),
+				ExpectNonEmptyPlan: true,
+			},
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccRoute53RecordNoConfig,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckRoute53ZoneExists("aws_route53_zone.main", &zone),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func testAccCheckRoute53DeleteRecord(n string, zone *route53.GetHostedZoneOutput) resource.TestCheckFunc {
+	return func(s *terraform.State) error {
+		rs, ok := s.RootModule().Resources[n]
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Not found: %s", n)
+		}
+
+		if rs.Primary.ID == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("No hosted zone ID is set")
+		}
+
+		// Manually set the weight to 0 to replicate a record created in Terraform
+		// pre-0.6.9
+		rs.Primary.Attributes["weight"] = "0"
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 func testAccCheckRoute53RecordDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 	conn := testAccProvider.Meta().(*AWSClient).r53conn
 	for _, rs := range s.RootModule().Resources {
@@ -354,6 +406,12 @@ resource "aws_route53_record" "default" {
 }
 `
 
+const testAccRoute53RecordNoConfig = `
+resource "aws_route53_zone" "main" {
+	name = "notexample.com"
+}
+`
+
 const testAccRoute53RecordConfigSuffix = `
 resource "aws_route53_zone" "main" {
 	name = "notexample.com"