diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.committers.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.committers.xml
index 6eefbe8acb..430b155f43 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.committers.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/contrib.committers.xml
@@ -890,6 +890,10 @@
       <para>&a.jmmv.email;</para>
     </listitem>
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>&a.kadesai.email;</para>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>&a.ken.email;</para>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/share/pgpkeys/pgpkeys-developers.xml b/share/pgpkeys/pgpkeys-developers.xml
index c06a888a65..a5b8d85ce5 100644
--- a/share/pgpkeys/pgpkeys-developers.xml
+++ b/share/pgpkeys/pgpkeys-developers.xml
@@ -1295,6 +1295,11 @@
       <title>&a.jmmv.email;</title>
       &pgpkey.jmmv;
     </sect2>
+    
+	<sect2 xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook' xml:id="pgpkey-kadesai">
+      <title>&a.kadesai.email;</title>
+      &pgpkey.kadesai;
+    </sect2>
 
     <sect2 xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook' xml:id="pgpkey-ken">
       <title>&a.ken.email;</title>
diff --git a/share/pgpkeys/pgpkeys.ent b/share/pgpkeys/pgpkeys.ent
index 73e950b4e0..2aae0a61db 100644
--- a/share/pgpkeys/pgpkeys.ent
+++ b/share/pgpkeys/pgpkeys.ent
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@
 <!ENTITY pgpkey.jpaetzel SYSTEM "jpaetzel.key">
 <!ENTITY pgpkey.jsa SYSTEM "jsa.key">
 <!ENTITY pgpkey.jylefort SYSTEM "jylefort.key">
+<!ENTITY pgpkey.kadesai SYSTEM "kadesai.key">
 <!ENTITY pgpkey.kaiw SYSTEM "kaiw.key">
 <!ENTITY pgpkey.kan SYSTEM "kan.key">
 <!ENTITY pgpkey.kato SYSTEM "kato.key">
diff --git a/share/xml/authors.ent b/share/xml/authors.ent
index ef3989e6ec..1f69b6ce8a 100644
--- a/share/xml/authors.ent
+++ b/share/xml/authors.ent
@@ -1134,6 +1134,9 @@
 <!ENTITY a.keith "Jing-Tang Keith Jang">
 <!ENTITY a.keith.email "&a.keith; <email xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>keith@FreeBSD.org</email>">
 
+<!ENTITY a.kadesai "Kashyap D. Desai">
+<!ENTITY a.kadesai.email "&a.kadesai; <email xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>kadesai@FreeBSD.org</email>">
+
 <!ENTITY a.ken "Kenneth D. Merry">
 <!ENTITY a.ken.email "&a.ken; <email xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>ken@FreeBSD.org</email>">
 
diff --git a/share/xml/news.xml b/share/xml/news.xml
index 2e4d309142..a15eb2a767 100644
--- a/share/xml/news.xml
+++ b/share/xml/news.xml
@@ -145,6 +145,16 @@
       <day>
 	<name>7</name>
 
+	<event>
+	  <p>New committer:
+	    <a href="mailto:kadesai@FreeBSD.org">Kashyap Desai</a>
+	    (src)</p>
+	</event>
+      </day>
+      <day>
+
+	<name>7</name>
+
 	<event>
 	  <p>New committer:
 	    <a href="mailto:slm@FreeBSD.org">Stephen McConnell</a>