diff --git a/share/sgml/news.xml b/share/sgml/news.xml
index d6528f6a51..97edd2acda 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 1.288 2010/01/28 16:28:08 uqs Exp $
+      $FreeBSD: www/share/sgml/news.xml,v 1.289 2010/01/29 14:37:34 brucec Exp $
     </cvs:keyword>
   </cvs:keywords>
 
@@ -35,6 +35,22 @@
     <month>
       <name>1</name>
 
+	<day>
+	  <name>30</name>
+
+	  <event>
+	    <title>&os; 7.3-BETA1 Available</title>
+
+	    <p>The first BETA build for the &os;-7.3
+	      release cycle is now available.  ISO images for Tier-1
+	      architectures are now <a
+		href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2010-January/054608.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>29</name>