diff --git a/share/xml/news.xml b/share/xml/news.xml
index 6d0e8617da..bd85906ad9 100644
--- a/share/xml/news.xml
+++ b/share/xml/news.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,23 @@
     <month>
       <name>7</name>
 
+      <day>
+	<name>15</name>
+
+	<event>
+	  <title>&os;&nbsp;11.1-RC3 Available</title>
+
+	  <p>The third RC build for the &os;&nbsp;11.1 release cycle
+	    is now available.  ISO images for the amd64, armv6, i386,
+	    aarch64, powerpc, powerpc64 and sparc64 architectures are
+	    <a
+	      href="&lists.stable;/2017-July/087407.html">available</a>
+	    on most of our <a
+	      href="&url.doc.base-en;/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html">&os;
+	      mirror sites</a>.</p>
+	</event>
+      </day>
+
       <day>
 	<name>8</name>