diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.2R/Makefile.hardware b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.2R/Makefile.hardware
index 98737f8d18..833e6ec2ca 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.2R/Makefile.hardware
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.2R/Makefile.hardware
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _OS?=		FreeBSD
 _REVMAJOR?=	12
 _REVMINOR?=	2
 _REVISION?=	${_REVMAJOR}.${_REVMINOR}
-_BRANCH?=	BETA2
+_BRANCH?=	BETA3
 THISRELEASE?=	${_OS}-${_REVISION}-${_BRANCH}
 
 HOSTNAME!=	hostname
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/xml/release.l10n.ent b/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/xml/release.l10n.ent
index 2f1c06c5f0..20e6544e9e 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/xml/release.l10n.ent
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/xml/release.l10n.ent
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@
 	      <li><a href="&url.rel;/powerpc/powerpc/ISO-IMAGES/&betarel.current;/">powerpc</a></li>
 	      <li><a href="&url.rel;/powerpc/powerpc64/ISO-IMAGES/&betarel.current;/">powerpc64</a></li>
 	      <li><a href="&url.rel;/powerpc/powerpcspe/ISO-IMAGES/&betarel.current;/">powerpcspe</a></li>
+	      <?ignore
 	      <li><a href="&url.rel;/sparc64/sparc64/ISO-IMAGES/&betarel.current;/">sparc64</a></li>
+	      ?>
 	    </ul>
 	  </td>
 	  <td>
diff --git a/share/xml/news.xml b/share/xml/news.xml
index 56d09e7c1b..78c3c76b47 100644
--- a/share/xml/news.xml
+++ b/share/xml/news.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,23 @@
     <month>
       <name>9</name>
 
+      <day>
+	<name>26</name>
+
+	<event>
+	  <title>&os;&nbsp;12.2-BETA3 Available</title>
+
+	  <p>The third BETA build for the &os;&nbsp;12.2 release cycle
+	    is now available.  ISO images for the amd64, armv6,
+	    armv7, arm64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, and powerpcspe
+	    architectures are <a
+	      href="&lists.stable;/2020-September/092727.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>18</name>
 
diff --git a/share/xml/release.ent b/share/xml/release.ent
index ae2f4903c1..ecc2b4f582 100644
--- a/share/xml/release.ent
+++ b/share/xml/release.ent
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 <!ENTITY beta.testing "INCLUDE">
 <!ENTITY % beta.testing "INCLUDE">
 <!ENTITY betarel.current '12.2'>
-<!ENTITY betarel.vers 'BETA2'>
+<!ENTITY betarel.vers 'BETA3'>
 <!ENTITY u.betarel.schedule '&base;/releases/&betarel.current;R/schedule.html'>
 
 <!-- If we have a second release in the release cycle (e.g. 5.x and 6.y