diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/Makefile b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/Makefile
index ae3d3c2f4f..9f5157c8c0 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/Makefile
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SRCS=		article.sgml
 IMAGES_EN=	branches-head.pic
 IMAGES_EN+=	branches-releng3.pic
 IMAGES_EN+=	branches-releng4.pic
+IMAGES_EN+=	branches-releng5.pic
 
 CSS_SHEET_ADDITIONS= extra.css
 
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/article.sgml
index 4d8f10201c..10da97b62b 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/article.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/article.sgml
@@ -286,6 +286,16 @@
         </textobject>
       </mediaobject>
 
+      <mediaobject>
+        <imageobject>
+          <imagedata fileref="branches-releng5" align="center">
+        </imageobject>
+
+        <textobject>
+          <phrase>FreeBSD 5.x STABLE Branch</phrase>
+        </textobject>
+      </mediaobject>
+
     </sect3>
 
     <sect3 id="versionbump">
diff --git a/share/images/articles/releng/branches-head.pic b/share/images/articles/releng/branches-head.pic
index f8c2d612a1..649a9e793f 100644
--- a/share/images/articles/releng/branches-head.pic
+++ b/share/images/articles/releng/branches-head.pic
@@ -66,7 +66,15 @@ RELENG_5_2:
 	box width .9 "\s-3RELENG_5_2\s+3" dashed
 
 	line -> right from RELENG_5_2_0_RELEASE.e
-HEAD_5_2:
-	box width 1.0 "\s-35.2-CURRENT\s+3" dashed
+RELENG_5_3_0_RELEASE:
+	ellipse width .5 "\s-25.3R\s+2"
+
+	line -> down from RELENG_5_3_0_RELEASE.s
+RELENG_5_3:
+	box width .9 "\s-3RELENG_5_3\s+3" dashed
+
+	line -> right from RELENG_5_3_0_RELEASE.e
+HEAD_6_0:
+	box width 1.0 "\s-36.0-CURRENT\s+3" dashed
 
 .PE
diff --git a/share/images/articles/releng/branches-releng5.pic b/share/images/articles/releng/branches-releng5.pic
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..063c2e0f50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/images/articles/releng/branches-releng5.pic
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+.\" -*- nroff -*-
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+
+.PS 6
+
+RELENG_5_3_0_RELEASE:
+	ellipse width .9 "\s-25.3-RELEASE\s+2"
+        move right 4
+        move up .5
+        "\s-1RELENG_5 (5.x STABLE Branch)\s+1"
+
+	line -> down from RELENG_5_3_0_RELEASE.s
+RELENG_5_3:
+	box width .9 "\s-3RELENG_5_3\s+3" dashed
+
+	line -> right from RELENG_5_3_0_RELEASE.e
+RELENG_4:box "\s-25-STABLE\s+2"
+
+.PE