diff --git a/share/sgml/news.xml b/share/sgml/news.xml
index 7939de6a14..8a51f00079 100644
--- a/share/sgml/news.xml
+++ b/share/sgml/news.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 <news>
   <cvs:keywords xmlns:cvs="http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/CVS" version="1.0">
     <cvs:keyword name="freebsd">
-      $FreeBSD: www/share/sgml/news.xml,v 1.265 2009/07/20 15:44:53 yzlin Exp $
+      $FreeBSD: www/share/sgml/news.xml,v 1.266 2009/08/13 14:06:18 fluffy Exp $
     </cvs:keyword>
   </cvs:keywords>
 
@@ -35,6 +35,22 @@
     <month>
       <name>8</name>
 
+      <day>
+	<name>24</name>
+
+	<event>
+	  <title>&os; 8.0-BETA3 Available</title>
+
+	  <p>The third of the BETA builds for the &os;-8.0 release
+	    cycle is now available.  ISO images for Tier-1 architectures
+	    and a <em>memory stick</em> image for amd64/i386 are now <a
+	    href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2009-August/051628.html">available</a>
+	    on most of the <a
+	    href="&url.doc.base-en;/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html">&os;
+	    mirror sites</a>.</p>
+	</event>
+      </day>
+
       <day>
 	<name>10</name>
 	<event>